Haeinsa
Korean name
Hangul:	해인사
Hanja:	海印寺
Revised Romanization:	Hae-in-sa
McCune-Reischauer:	Hae-in-sa

Haeinsa is one of the foremost Buddhist temples in South Korea, most notable because it is the home of the Tripitaka Koreana, the whole of the Buddhist Scriptures carved onto 81,258 wooden printing blocks. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (3088x2048, 2328 KB)Haeinsa Temple, South Korea, November 2004; Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... The Korean language (한국어 or 조선어, see below) is the official language of both North and South Korea. ... Hangul is the native alphabet used to write the Korean language, as opposed to the hanja system borrowed from China. ... Hanja, or hanmun, sometimes translated as Sino-Korean characters, are what Chinese characters (hanzi) are called in Korean. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced (a modified) McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... A replica of an ancient statue found among the ruins of a temple at Sarnath Buddhism is a philosophy based on the teachings of the Buddha, Siddhārtha Gautama, a prince of the Shakyas, whose lifetime is traditionally given as 566 to 486 BCE. It had subsequently been accepted by... The Tripitaka Koreana (lit. ...

Haeinsa is one of the Three Jewel Temples of Korea, and is located on Gaya Mountain in South Gyeongsang Province. It is still an active Seon practice center in modern times, and was the home temple of the influential Rev. Seongcheol, who passed away in 1993. The Three Jewel Temples of Korea are the three principal Buddhist temples in Korea, each representing one of the Three Jewels of Buddhism, and all located in South Korea. ... Gaya-san is a mountain and national park in South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. ... South Gyeongsang is a province in the southeast of South Korea. ... The Seon school is a Korean branch of Buddhism that shares its origins and many characteristics with Chinese Chan and whose influence originated aspects of Japanese Zen. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

The temple was first built in 802. Haeinsa and the Tripitaka Koreana were added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1995. Events 31 October - Irene deposed as Emperoress of Byzantium and replaced by Nicephorus I. She is banished to Lesbos. ... UNESCO logo The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, commonly known as UNESCO, is a specialized agency of the United Nations system established in 1945. ... Elabana Falls is in Lamington National Park, part of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves World Heritage site in Queensland, Australia. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also

• List of Korea-related topics

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External links

• Asian Historial Architecture page for Haeinsa
• South Korean Cultural Properties Administration page for Haeinsa and Tripitaka Koreana
• Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (log in as "guest")

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