The Great Buddhist Temples of Korea
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Transcript of The Great Buddhist Temples of Korea
The Great Buddhist Temples of Korea
Marsha HauflerUniversity of Kansas
TongdosaHaeinsa
Songgwangsa
Pohyonsa
TongdosaHaeinsa
Songgwangsa
“Three Jewel Temples”Tongdosa: BuddhaHaeinsa: Dharma
Songgwangsa: Sangha
Tongdosa
Tongdosa: Crossing to Enlightenment Temple
“Buddha Jewel Monastery”Possesses relics of the historical Buddha Shakyamuni
Haeinsa
Haeinsa: Temple of Reflection on a Calm Sea
“Dharma (teachings) Jewel Monastery”Woodblocks for printing the Tripitaka Koreana,
the complete Buddhist canon of the Goryeo (Koryŏ) period
Songgwangsa
SONGGWANGSA: Spreading Pines Temple
“Sangha (Buddha’s followers) Jewel Monastery”
16 National Masters of the Goryeo Period
Pohyonsa On Mt. Myohyang, Wondrous Fragrance Mountain
PohyonsaSamantabhadra Monastery
http://eng.tripitaka2011.com/sub/03_06_01.jsp
Haein Art Project 2011 Contemporary art in Haeinsa Temple South Korea
Sound of Buddha by Ahn Sung-keum. “Viewers complete the image by sitting between the two halves of the Buddha sculpture”