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Songgwangsa
Hangul: 송광사
Hanja: 松廣寺
Revised Romanization: Songgwangsa
McCune-Reischauer: Songgwangsa

Songgwangsa is one of the most important Seon Buddhist monasteries in Korea, and is considered one of the Three Jewel Temples of Korea. It is located on Jogye Mountain in South Jeolla, South Korea. Founded by Jinul, this monastery is still very active today as a practice center. Background on the practices engaged in at this monastery have been reported on in Robert Buswell's The Zen Monastic Experience (1992). 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. ... 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. ... 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 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. ... South Jeolla is a province in the southwest of South Korea. ... Jinul (1158-1210) was a Korean monk of the Goryeo period, who is considered to be the most influential figure in the formation of Korean Seon Buddhism. ...


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This is a list of Wikipedia articles on Korea-related people, places, things, and concepts. ... The grounds of Koreas Buryeongsa Temple. ...

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The Three Jewel Temples (三寶寺) of Korea
Tongdosa | Haeinsa | Songgwangsa

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