Jogyesan, or Mount Jogye, is a mountain of
South Jeolla Province
South Jeolla Province (; ''Jeollanam-do''; ), also known as Jeonnam, is a province of South Korea. South Jeolla has a population of 1,902,324 (2014) and has a geographic area of located in the Honam region at the southwestern tip of the Korean ...
in southwestern
South Korea
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. It has an elevation of .
It is the main attraction of Mount Jogye Provincial Park ().
It takes its name from 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 ...
, which founded a key monastery,
Songgwangsa
Songgwangsa () translation: Spreading Pine Temple; alternates: Songgwang-sa, or Songgwang Sa, or Songkwangsa; also known as: Piney Expanse Monastery; originally: Gilsangsa), one of the three jewels of Seon Buddhism, is located in South Jeolla Pro ...
, on this mountain. The order, in turn, is named after the southern Chinese hamlet of Cáoxī ("Cáo Creek", pronounced ''Jogye'' in Korean), where the historically influential
Nanhua Temple
Nanhua Temple () is a Buddhist monastery of the Chan Buddhism, one of Five Great Schools of Buddhism where Huineng, the Sixth Patriarch of Chan Buddhism, once lived and taught. It is located in the town of Maba (), Qujiang District, southeast ...
stands.
Beside the Songgwangsa, Jogyesan is also home to
Seonamsa
Seonam Temple, or Seonamsa, is a Korean Buddhist temple on the eastern slope at the west end of Jogyesan Provincial Park, within the northern Seungjumyeon District of the city of Suncheon, South Jeolla Province, South Korea. It belongs to the ...
, an important monastery of the
Taego Order
The Taego Order or Taego-jong is the second largest order in Korean Seon, the Korean branch of Chan Buddhism.
Characteristics
Seonamsa is one of the head monasteries of the Taego Order, which includes over 8,000 monastics and 3,100 temples.
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, a splinter group of the Jogye.
See also
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List of mountains of Korea
The following is a list of mountain
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References
Mountains of South Korea
Mountains of South Jeolla Province
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