The meaning of Korean Buddhist Temple Guinsa, the Headquarters of the Cheontae Order, in Korean Buddhism

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 75-102
Author(s):  
Sang Jun Hwang
Keyword(s):  
Buddhist Temple ◽  
Korean Buddhism

Syncretism of Korean Buddhism and Folk Beliefs

2019 ◽  
Vol 96 ◽  
pp. 87-121
Author(s):  
Jeong-tae Jang
Keyword(s):  
Folk Beliefs ◽  
Korean Buddhism

The Bao An Buddhist Temple (Gia Lam – Hanoi)

2006 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lê Đình Phụng
Keyword(s):  
Buddhist Temple

Doctrine and Practice in Medieval Korean Buddhism

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard D. McBride
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
Intellectual Heritage ◽  
Korean Buddhism

Ŭich’ŏn (1055–1101) is one of the most important figures in Koryŏ Buddhism. He was a staunch proponent of doctrinal Buddhism and the intellectual heritage of East Asia. Although Ŭich’ŏn had been educated as an adherent of the Hwaŏm (Huayan) school, he reportedly left it to found a new Ch’ŏnt’ae (Tiantai) school in Korea after a pilgrimage to China in 1085–1086. After his death, his disciples compiled his collected works. This monograph is a translation of selections from his collected works, which demonstrate that Ŭich’ŏn did not abandon the Hwaŏm school. Instead, the lectures, letters, essays, and poetry compiled his Ŭich’ŏn’s The Collected Works of State Preceptor Taegak portray a monk committed to the interfusion of doctrinal learning and meditative visualization. Ŭich’ŏn maintained a closer relationship with his Chinese mentor Jinshui Jingyuan (1011–1088) and other colleagues in the Chinese Huayan school than with monastic associates in the Tiantai school. Ŭich’ŏn’s personal writings do not support the view that Ŭich’ŏn abandoned the Hwaŏm tradition to found a new Ch’ŏnt’ae tradition, but rather that he strongly encouraged monks to blend the best learning from all doctrinal traditions with meditative contemplation.

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