Transcript The Great Buddhist Temples of Korea

The Great Buddhist
Temples of Korea
Marsha Haufler
University of Kansas
Pohyonsa
Haeinsa
Tongdosa
Songgwangsa
“Three Jewel Temples”
Tongdosa: Buddha
Haeinsa: Dharma
Songgwangsa: Sangha
Haeinsa
Tongdosa
Songgwangsa
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
Pohyonsa
Samantabhadra 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”