The final course my friend guided me was the Bongwon-sa temple.
Bongwon-sa temple is little bit different from other ordinary Buddhist temple.
There are lots of kinds of Buddhist orders in Korea.
One of the largest order is Jogyeo order.They never marry.
Once monks or nuns don’t keep the principle of single life, they must be ousted from the temple.
Celibacy is very strict principle in Jogyeo order.
Unlike Jogyeo order, there exist Buddhist orders permit the marriage.
One of the most representative order is the Taego order.
Bongwon-sa temple is the headquarter of the Taego order.
Actually Korean Buddhism had been very strict in the marriage.
But during the Japanese colonial rule, Japanese Buddhism had influenced on Korean Buddhism.
So korean Buddhism should accept the marriage system by force of Japanese imperial rule.
In Japan, monk was a kind of the family business. Sons of Monks should be a Monk.
Sons had to succeed his fathers occupation.
It was an order of Japanese society.
But in Korea, Monk never have been a job, being a monk or a nun means throwing away all of personal relationship.
After the liberation from Japanese imperial rule, Korean Buddhism changed into the traditional Buddhism system.
But in some case, it was not easy to return to the traditional Buddhism system.
Some Monks had their families already.
They could not abandon their family.
So some orders in Korean Buddhism continued the marriage principle
Bongwon-sa is very old temple
It had been built for more than 1000 years ago. But it had been destroyed several times through history.
When we stopped by Bongwon-sa, it was rainy day.
The scenery of Bongwon-sa was exceptionally beautiful.
What I saw the first feature was the stupas of the venerable monks near the entrance of the temple.
As soon as passing through the stupas, there was a small pond.
I strolled here and there in the temple to enjoy this peaceful feeling.
I'd like to be a small stone statue as below.
It seemed to enjoy total peace of the world.
I wish you enjoy the peace in mind.
Super place
Beautiful this place, an environment, it fills many interesting things, thank you for your trip, I follow you and I support you.
looking peaceful
Beautiful .. well done
Clear sky . It looks great to enjoy the views of winter
Thank you for sharing with us your day..
peaceful place
Such a beautiful place!
Pro photography skills
Looks So beautiful temple in the rain. Seems it is old but excellent temple. The nature view is owesome.
In my opinion, korea is a country that is perfect for the holidays.
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There is a nice Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco, USA.
Very well maintained, really worth visiting.
what a cool place! I really want to go there!!
Gud place enjoying in mind.
Oh MG!!i what a beautiful place!!:)
Wow..! Amazing..!
It looks close to nature..
Wanna visit it.. :-)
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Excellent post..
It's good to visit places like this since it could uplift our spirits on how we are going to live our lives.
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and can also see live images of the country's heritage ..
what sir there is a mission to visit elsewhere out of it ??
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Very interesting and peace temple, true choice for meditation and refresh our brain, thank you very much for your sharing to us, I have upvote and resteem your post to more than 2750 my followers, success always for you @slowwalker
The old town is beautiful and has a lot of historical relics.
very memorable if we can visit korea city.
I'm so happy to be there..
Beautiful place. Korea is not like Japan with temples but there are so many unexplored beauties.
@slowwalker, Absolutely Bongwon-sa temple is looking traditional and most ancient looks indeed. Pretty stunning stupas, Little but adorable pond, beautiful entrance indeed. Very calm & silence background. Rainy condition less image's quality. But you did your best. Small stone Buddha statue so spiritual.
I get best Korean Buddhism orders through your content today. I think It was came from Japanese Buddhism strict method. But Sri Lankan Buddhism order totally difference and we can spend simply life and marriage allowed. Thanks for everything you made and see you next.
I think Korean Bhuddisum and Thai bhuddisum are similar but Thai bhuddism looks kind of business in some place, want people come to the temple for donation but monks use the money in the worng way.
Your post is not only important for me because of the incomparable beauty of the photos you took in that beautiful place, but also because one of my dreams has always been to visit Korea, and to experience the peace of your temples, and to be able to meditate on them, is Indescribable what you made me feel when I looked at these photos. It is like an advancement of the fulfillment of my dream. What a beautiful, slowwalker, thank you for sharing your photos and transmitting your experience in that place.
아 일본 애니메이션 보면 아들이 아버지를 이어 절을 물려받던데 일본에선 결혼이 가능한가 보군요.
wow......!. what a location. fantastic place in travel. i just loved it. you photo capture is high quality. looks beautiful. thank you so much for wonderful sharing..
Wow The scenery is too beautiful, the nature is amazing and the tranquility and harmony that this place offers guarantees peace of mind! I love the pictures
It is an excellent place Korea shows us fantastic places and with memorable historical relics, thank you for sharing this beautiful place 😍😍
Interesante tema, no tenía conocimiento y las fotos impecables y hermosas.
Going to the temple with the blessing of the nature
It is beautiful place @slowwalker, a place to be at peace in body and mind! in the photos it looked like it was cloudy and not raining, the weather did not impodió to see tar beautiful place, the second photo of the pond, the tree that is behind is beautiful ! the statue that is sitting likes the view!
the temple has been destroyed? but they have rebuilt it very well! It seems that he has never had anything happen to him.
They first photo of the ruins in forest is now my favorite thing.
정말로 사진 보니까 마음이 평화로워지는 기분입니다.
정말 가시는데마다 비가오는 듯한 느낌일가요왜..ㅎㅎㅎ
신선놀음 이 따로없습니다~^^
너무 보기좋습니다.
곧 세계의 평화가 오기만을 기다리는 것처럼 아름답고 성스러운 좋은 곳을 소개해 주셔서 감사합니다.
사진이 너무 멋있어요!
Waw so wonderful, I want be there!
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very nice
'I wish you enjoy the peace in mind.' Amen and you too.
Nice graphic pictures you got there. More Inspirations and Motivations.@slowwalker
Woww...
Very nice place. I want to travel this place. 😍😍😍
peaceful environment.
This ancient Bongwon-sa belongs to Tae-go jong
Thanks @slowwalker Your sharing helps me understand more
Serene And Beautiful. Thanks for the share.
it's nice place!! where can give a totally peace of mind and it amazed your eyes because of a lot of beautiful views.
It looks really peaceful:) thanks for sharing.
interesting post @slowwalker nim
I've heard of monks leaving and having their own family
#til so it's not that strict there, either
Que cultura tan interesante tienen costumbres que solamente con estricta disciplina se logran y los paisajes y los monasterios transmiten paz espiritual !
wow that's a so amazing place man.seriously mind blowing.