The story of Wonhyo (617-686 CE), who was among the most important philosophers of east Asian Buddhism, begins with a folk tale. When Wonhyo was a young
Posted : 2021-04-20 17:14 By Choe Chong-dae
I visited the small, ancient Ingak Temple on my last trip to Gunwi County in North Gyeongsang Province. The website of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism claims that Ingak Temple deserves the title as the most sacred sanctum that embodies the intellectual history of the Korean people.
It is nestled on a sedimentary area on the banks of the quiet Whicheon stream, with a view of Hwasan Mountain. The temple was erected by the famous Buddhist master, Venerable Uisang, during the Silla Kingdom in 642. Ingak Temple became one of our most famous temples after Buddhist National Preceptor Il-yeon (1206-1289) wrote the Samguk Yusa there in the 13th century, during the Goryeo Kingdom.