Hyobong Hangnul (1888—1966) was a
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Jogye
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master who was the former head of the
Jogye Order
The Jogye Order, officially the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism (대한불교조계종, 大韓佛敎 曹溪宗), is the representative order of traditional Korean Buddhism with roots that date back 1200 years to the Later Silla National Master D ...
. The master of the late Kusan Sunim, Hyobong was the guiding teacher of several temples in
Korea
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—including
Songgwang-sa and
Haein-sa.
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has called him, "''One of the most remarkable Buddhist teachers of this century in Korea''."
[Snelling, 200] Hyobong was also the first Korean individual to serve as a
judge
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for the
Japanese Imperial government, though he resigned his position after being troubled with having
sentenced a man to death. Having told no one of his resignation, he took to selling
toffee
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in rural towns and eventually came to ordain as a
sunim
''Sunim'' is the Korean title for a Buddhist monk or Buddhist nun. It is considered respectful to refer to senior monks or nuns in Korea as ''Kun sunim''. In most Korean temples, a middle-aged monk assumes the role of a ''juji sunim'', who serve ...
under Sŏktu Sunim. Hyobong went on to live as a traveling monk, visiting monastery after monastery for many years.
[Buswell, 91-92] He died in the posture of
zazen
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while at P'Yoch'chung monastery in 1966.
See also
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Buddhism in Korea
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*
Korean Seon
Seon or Sŏn Buddhism (Korean: 선, 禪; IPA: ʌn is the Korean name for Chan Buddhism, a branch of Mahāyāna Buddhism commonly known in English as Zen Buddhism. Seon is the Sino-Korean pronunciation of Chan () an abbreviation of 禪那 (' ...
*
Jogye Order
The Jogye Order, officially the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism (대한불교조계종, 大韓佛敎 曹溪宗), is the representative order of traditional Korean Buddhism with roots that date back 1200 years to the Later Silla National Master D ...
Notes
References
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External links
Jogye Order profile
Chogye Buddhists
Seon Buddhist monks
1888 births
1966 deaths
Place of birth missing
Date of birth missing
Date of death missing
20th-century Buddhist monks
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