Established during the late Silla era by Seon Master Hyejin
www.songgwangsa.org
100 Songgwangsa-an-gil, Songgwang-myeon, Suncheon-si, South Jeolla Province
Songgwangsa Temple is the Sangha Jewel Temple and has produced 16 state
preceptors. The Hall of State Preceptors (National Treasure) is one of the few
remaining structures of the early Joseon era. This is a structure that indicates
its stature as the Sangha Jewel Temple. The temple is well known to have been
the home of eminent monks of the modern era, such as Masters Hyobong and
Gusan. One of its hermitages (Buriram) is where Ven. Beopjeong used to live,
advocating a simple life of voluntary poverty.
