Rather obviously, the highlight of any temple visit is the main temple and its buildings. But hidden within this rather obvious statement are the countless amount of hermitages that surround these beautiful temples. This is especially true of larger temples like Tongdo Temple, Beomeo Temple and Haein Temple.
With Halloween in our proverbial rear-view mirror, and the specter of Christmas and the haunting of Scrooge’s three ghosts nearly upon us, it seemed like an apt time to talk about the wandering spirits found in Korean Buddhism and the Ten Kings of the Underworld that rule over these wayward spirits.
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Established around the start of the ninth century, Haein Temple is remarkable for many reasons. The temple is tucked away high up on the slope in Gayasan National Park, not far from Daegu. While accessible by modern paved roads, the temple is somewhat out of the way, lacking convenient public transport. My first trip there was more than 30 years ago with Royal Asiatic Society (RAS) Korea. I ve been back several times.