Mangong (, 1871–1946) or Song Mangong was a
Korean
Buddhist monk,
independence activist
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, scholar, poet, writer, and philosopher during the
Japanese occupation of Korea. Mangong was born in
Jeongeup,
Jeonbuk Province
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in 1871 and was ordained at the age of 14. Though he spent three years teaching
Zen tradition in
Mahayeon Temple in
Keumkang Mountain and briefly served as the
abbot of
Magok Temple, he spent most of his life teaching Zen at
Deoksung Mountain in
Yesan,
Chungnam Province. Mangong revitalized the Zen tradition of
Korean Buddhism
Korean Buddhism is distinguished from other forms of Buddhism by its attempt to resolve what its early practitioners saw as inconsistencies within the Mahayana Buddhist traditions that they received from foreign countries. To address this, the ...
along with his teacher,
Zen Master Kyongho
Kyong Ho Seonsa (Korean: 경허선사, Hanja: 鏡虛禪師, 1849–1912) was a famous Korea Sŏn master, and the 75th Patriarch of Korean Sŏn. His original name was Song Tonguk (송동욱, 宋東旭); and his dharma name was Sŏng’u (성우, ...
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See also
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Korean Buddhism
Korean Buddhism is distinguished from other forms of Buddhism by its attempt to resolve what its early practitioners saw as inconsistencies within the Mahayana Buddhist traditions that they received from foreign countries. To address this, the ...
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Korean Seon
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Kyongho
Kyong Ho Seonsa (Korean: 경허선사, Hanja: 鏡虛禪師, 1849–1912) was a famous Korea Sŏn master, and the 75th Patriarch of Korean Sŏn. His original name was Song Tonguk (송동욱, 宋東旭); and his dharma name was Sŏng’u (성우, ...
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Hanam Jungwon
Hanam Jungwon (1876–1951, 漢巖重遠) was a Korean Buddhist monk and Seon master. He was also the spiritual head(宗正) of what was to become the modern Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism. He was the Dharma disciple of Gyeongheo Seongu (鏡 ...
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Jeongang
The Great Zen Master Jeongang Yeongshin ( ko, 전강영신대선사, ; 1898 1975) was a Zen Master of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism. He used the principle of Kong-an ( ko, 공안) as a way to lead his disciples to Enlightenment.
Career
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Daewon
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Seungsahn
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Jinje
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Han Yong-un
Han Yong-un ( ko, 한용운; August 29, 1879 – June 29, 1944) was a twentieth century Korean Buddhist reformer and poet. This name was his religious name, given by his meditation instructor in 1905, and Manhae (만해) was his pen name; his ...
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Chunseong
Chunseong (), born Lee Chang-nim (이창림, 李昌林; March 30, 1891 – August 22, 1977), was a Korean Buddhist monk, scholar, poet, writer, and philosopher. His courtesy name was Muaedoin (무애도인, 無碍道人) or Chunseong (춘성 ...
Gallery
Image:Letter of Mangong.jpg, Letter of Mangong (1930)
Image:Jeonwolsa.jpg, Temple of Junwol, 1941
Image:Temple magoksa of monks in 1930.jpg, Temple magoksa of monks (1930)
References
Web site
*http://www.ibulgyo.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=63691
*http://www.ibulgyo.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=84271
*http://www.ibulgyo.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=85495
*http://www.ibulgyo.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=90104
1871 births
1946 deaths
20th-century Korean philosophers
Korean Buddhist monks
Korean independence activists
Korean revolutionaries
Korean anti-communists
Korean educators
20th-century Korean poets
Korean writers
Korean male poets
Yeosan Song clan
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