Background
on the foundation of Hyonjisa
Hyonjisa was founded by our two Great Monks, Gwangmyong Manduk and
Jajae Manhyon.
Our
two Great Monks entered into Samadhi through the fervent recitation of the
Buddha’s name, therein meeting with the Buddha in person. After this meeting,
by virtue of the Buddha’s awesome spiritual powers, our Great Monks gained
Buddha bodies, thereby becoming Buddhas themselves.
They have unanimously declared that “the Buddha is alive.” In
accordance with the teachings of the Buddha, and based on their own meditative
experiences, they have introduced their method of practice to the world: the
recitation of the sacred name of the Buddha, and the practice of the Noble
Eightfold Path.
Current
Buddhist thought has failed to come up with unequivocal answers to the questions:
“Does another world after death truly exist?” and “Where does the Buddha, he
who had entered nirvana, now abide?”
Hyonjisa
will become the place where Buddhists can truly take refuge by spreading the
teachings of the true Dharma, and lead Buddhists to a path full of happiness.
The
meaning behind “Hyonjisa of Yongsan Buddhism”
Hyonjisa of Yongsan Buddhism is the name of this Buddhist
foundation.
“Yongsan” means
Vulture Peak Mountain, the place where the Buddha expounded the Dharma Lotus Flower Sutra. Yongsan
Buddhism contains in its name the spirit of great compassion — that we will
succeed the correct Dharma preached at the time of the Buddha and lead sentient
beings to the right teachings of the Buddha by the recitation of the Buddha’s
name.
“Hyonjisa”
has the meaning of “a temple in which the wisdom of the Buddha is revealed.”
It contains in its name the great will — that we will save all sentient beings with the Buddha’s wisdom
Creed and teachings
Creed
Through
recitation of the sacred name of the Buddha, along with the practice of the
Noble Eightfold Path, we, the Buddha’s disciples, receive empowerment from
Shakyamuni Buddha, who is The Honored One of the three realms and the King of
Jambudvipa. Through this empowerment, we can escape from the three realms and
become a Bodhisattva of the Pure Land; and beyond this, we can become Buddhas
ourselves.
Teachings
Sentient beings
commit acts of karma and transmigrate throughout the six realms of existence by
means of the repeating cycle of death and rebirth. The subject of this
transmigration through death and rebirth is one’s spiritual body.
Those Buddhas who
have attained Buddhahood abide in true suchness within the Absolute Realm in
Selflessness, transcending existence and nonexistence.
The Buddha is in
possession of wisdom, blessed virtues, compassion, and the power of his vows to
save all sentient beings. His supernatural powers are numerous as the grains of
sand in the Ganges. He is the universal being who embodies human character; his
holy appearance bears the thirty-two major marks and eighty minor marks of a
holy man, and his body consists of a billion forms of Immeasurable Light, each
composed of thousands, millions, billions, and asaṃkhyeya
(innumerable,
infinite) colors.
Attaining
enlightenment is the first stage of practice necessary in order to proceed with
becoming a Bodhisattva, and beyond this, a Buddha. The path to Buddhahood
involves passage through many realms; there are
the enlightened realms of liberation (wherein one can be freed from
transmigration) – the realm of Arhats, of Undefiled Arhats, of Bodhisattvas,
and finally, the Buddha’s realm of tranquil extinction.
The five virtues
of practice (code of conduct)
First: To
practice filial piety to one’s parents and ancestors, to love one’s country,
and to respect one’s teacher.
Second: To obey
the precepts taught by the Buddha, which are as precious as one’s own life.
Third: To love
one’s neighbors, and practice in earnest the Bodhisattva’s actions for the
benefit of others.
Fourth: To
prioritize actions above words.
Fifth: To have complete faith that the Buddha is alive and that he possesses the universal power of salvation.
The meaning behind the lotus flower depicted in Hyonjisa’s logo
2600 years ago, Shakyamuni Buddha held up a
lotus flower with a smile before a gathering of 1,250 disciples, during an
assembly led by the Buddha. It is a well-known anecdote in Buddhism that a
noble disciple among the congregation gathered there named Kasyapa smiled at
seeing this display. Hyonjisa has adopted the lotus flower in this anecdote as
the symbol to represent our foundation.
Hyonjisa Temple’s lotus flower
emblem
The three lotus
seeds seen within Hyonjisa’s emblem symbolize the Three Jewels of Buddhism: the
Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha. The ten petals of the lotus flower
represent all the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in the Dharma realm of ten
directions, who protect and praise the Three Jewels.
We have adopted a golden red to color the lotus flower’s image, a
reference to the color of the kasaya robe
worn by the Buddha.
The
history of Hyonjisa
November 1998:
Great monk Gwangmyong Manduk entered into the Buddha-recitation Samadhi,
therein met with the Buddha in person, and thus attained Buddhahood.
January 2000:
Great monk Jajae Manhyon met with the Buddha in person and attained Buddhahood.
May 2000: Hyonjisa was established at the foot of Mount Daeseong
on the outskirts of
Chuncheon City.
May 2005: The 21st
Century, Buddha’s Message was published.
January 2006: The Three Buddhas Treasure Hall was opened after
life was given to the statues
of the Buddhas
enshrined therein.
February 2006: The Busan branch of Hyonjisa Temple was opened.
July 2007: A ceremony was held declaring the foundation of Yongsan
Buddhism.
November 2008: The 21st
Century, Buddha’s Message II was published.
November 2008:
Life was given to the statue of Vairocana Buddha in the Chuncheon head temple; thereafter, the Vairocana Hall
was opened.
May 2009: Life was given to the Prabhutaratna Buddha Tower at the
head temple in Chuncheon,
and the tower was
dedicated to Prabhutaratna Buddha.
December 2009: The Daejeon branch temple was opened.
March 2010: Yongsan Buddhism College was opened.
May 2010: Life was given to the Shakyamuni Buddha statue at the
head temple in Chuncheon,
and the main temple
hall was opened.
May 2011: Life
was given to the Shakyamuni Buddha Tower at the head temple in Chuncheon,
and the tower was dedicated to Shakyamuni Buddha.
February 2012: Life was given to the Medicine Tathagata Buddha
statue at the Goseong branch
temple,
and the Sacred Medicine Buddha Temple was opened.
March 2012: The Daegu branch temple was opened.
July 2012: A second head temple was opened on Jeju Island.
April 2015: A Hyonjisa temple branch was opened in Japan.
September 2018: The
Buddha-recitation Samadhi was published.
October 2020: The Gimhae branch temple was
opened.
Great
Monk Gwangmyong Manduk
1954: Gwangmyong Manduk was born in Boeun County, North
Chungcheong-buk Province.
1997, 27th April: She encountered the immaculate and
pure, Immeasurable Light of the Buddha. On November 11th of this
same year, she experienced six kinds of enormous vibrations within her body;
later that year, she met with the Buddha in person and was given the Dharma
teachings from him.
1998, 13th September: She received her own Buddha-body
in the Absolute Realm in Selflessness, and her spiritual body combined with her
Buddha-body, becoming one.
1999, 23rd March: She entered Samadhi of Great
Tranquility unassisted.
In
her previous life, Great Monk Gwangmyong Manduk was Kasyapa, one of the
principal disciples of Shakyamuni Buddha, who succeeded Shakyamuni Buddha as
his patriarchate. As the highest-ranked living disciple following the passing
of the Buddha, she led the very first Buddhist foundation. She is the third to
attain Buddhahood since the Buddha’s entry into nirvana, following after
Venerable Subhuti and Shariputra. Her Buddha name is Gwangmyong, and her
Bodhisattva name is Manduk.
Her practice diary, which she kept during the
early days leading up to her attainment of Buddhahood, has been published under
the title the Buddha-recitation Samadhi.
She has also written The 21st Century Buddha’s Message I and II, co-authored
with Great Monk Jajae Manhyon.
She is the most highly-revered teacher among
the fourfold community (male and female monks, as well as male and female
laypeople) of Hyonjisa.
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1937: Jajae Manhyon was born in Hampeong, Jeonnam Province.
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1960: He became a Buddhist monk at Seonam Temple in Busan, and was instructed
under his teacher, Monk Seog-am.
After deeply meditating to solve a hwadu over a period of ten years as a
disciple of Venerable Gyong-bong, he perceived the true nature of Emptiness
upon breaking open this hwadu.
After attaining enlightenment, he served as a
permanent missionary of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism. During this time,
he realized that he would be unable to progress any further by following his
current form of practice – so, he instead began to recite the sacred name of
the Buddha.
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2000, January: He entered into the Samadhi of Great Tranquility, met with the
Buddha in person, and attained Buddhahood.
He is the final bodily
incarnation of Venerable Ananda, who was one of the ten great disciples at the
time of the assembly of the Buddha.
He has confirmed through his own personal experiences that all
Buddhas abide in true suchness in the Absolute Realm in Selflessness and that
the liberated realm of nirvana - that which is free from transmigration
throughout the six realms (such as the hells and the realm of Deva heavens,
etc.) - truly exists. He co-authored The
21st Century, Buddha’s Message with Great Monk Gwangmyong
Manduk.
Along with Great Monk Gwangmyong Manduk, he is highly revered as a
teacher of the fourfold community of Hyonjisa, and teaches lay-Buddhists
through his Dharma talks, leading them towards liberation from
suffering.
Greetings from the chief executive of Yongsan Buddhism
It is my great pleasure to welcome you to Hyonjisa’s homepage.
The reality is that it is
hard for us to make a living in a heartless world. How fortunate would it be,
if, in these difficult times, we could encounter a right and true teaching, one
that gives us hope and comfort, and that will serve as a compass in our lives?
Buddhism is an unsurpassable teaching and one that offers us an unequivocal
answer so that we can manage our difficult lives with wisdom. It is a teaching
that is full of nourishment, and one that can surely enrich our lives.
Hyonjisa, which is the
Buddhist foundation of the true Dharma, has declared that “the Buddha is
alive,” and endeavors to spread the true teachings of the Buddha far and wide.
In the warm-hearted Buddha’s
arms, the boundless ocean of his teachings is filled with insight and know-how
and can guide us towards happiness in our difficult lives.
I sincerely hope that you
will visit Hyonjisa and form a close connection with the Buddha – that you will
receive his empowerment, and lead a more comfortable and happy life, using the
Buddha’s teachings as a model of how to live.
Vairocana Hall
The
greatest treasure of the global Buddhist village, and the place where the
cosmic powers of Vairocana Buddha are displayed.
Vairocana Hall is the temple in which the Vairocana Buddha of Pure
Dharma Body is enshrined. It is the central and principal temple of Hyonjisa.
The Vairocana Buddha of Pure Dharma Body originally is without
human character or physical form but is enshrined in the image of the Complete
Body of Bliss, Nosana Buddha, in the Vairocana Hall of Hyonjisa.
When the Buddhas conduct their necessary
universal tasks as a collective, they become one entity, unifying themselves
into the Vairocana Buddha of Pure Dharma Body. At such a time, Vairocana Buddha
exercises a creator-like spiritual power, acting as the cosmic Buddha-body
possessing human character.
On the 15th day of October of the lunar calendar, in
the 2552nd year of the Buddhist Era (12th November 2008),
life was given to this Buddha in the Samadhi of Great Tranquility, bestowed by
our two Great Monks, Gwangmyong Manduk and Jajae Manhyon, both of whom who have
attained Buddhahood. This statue of Vairocana Buddha has thereby been linked
with the real Vairocana Buddha so that his awesome spiritual powers can be
displayed in reality in Vairocana Hall.
The Vairocana Buddha statue in Vairocana Hall has received the
following wishes of the two Great Monks: first, that by virtue of the spiritual
powers of Vairocana Buddha, South and North Korea can be unified peacefully,
without another fratricidal war; second, that the power of our country of Korea
expands day after day; and third, that the world at large continues to maintain
peace without the outbreak of a Third World War.
Shakyamuni Buddha Tower
“For the first
time in the world, the tower from which the Buddha preached his Dharma – the
Shakyamuni Buddha Tower in the Pure Land of Vulture Peak Mountain – has been
reproduced by Hyonjisa. This tower will be a field of good fortune for sentient
beings.”
The Shakyamuni
Buddha Tower is the tower that stands in the Pure Land of Vulture Peak Mountain
in India, erected in the air above the mountain itself. This tower of light,
which truly exists, is made of the Immeasurable Light of the Buddha. It is the
tower in which Shakyamuni Buddha abides when he enters into meditative
concentration and the location from which he gives Dharma lectures to the
numerous Bodhisattvas of the Vulture Peak Mountain Pure Land. The octahedral
form of the tower symbolizes the Noble Eightfold Path, which is the foundation
of the Buddha’s teachings.
Life has been
given to the Shakyamuni Buddha Tower of Hyonjisa by the two Great Monks,
Gwangmyong Manduk and Jajae Manhyon. Hyonjisa’s Shakyamuni Buddha Tower has
been unified with the real Shakyamuni Tower located in the Pure Land of Vulture
Peak Mountain, and contains the power of life – it is wholly unique in the
world.
Shakyamuni Buddha Tower will let the compassionate light of the Buddha and his universally awesome spiritual powers spread far and wide
Prabhutaratna
Tower is the only Buddhist tower in the world where the powers of the
Bodhisattva-Mahasattvas are displayed.
Dabotap, or the
Tower of Prabhutaratna Tathagata Buddha, is the tower in which Prabhutaratna
Buddha teaches and leads numerous Bodhisattvas-Mahasattvas. This tower, which
has been recreated here in Hyonjisa with only a reduction in its size, is a
reproduction of the Tower of Prabhutaratna Tathagata Buddha in the Absolute
Realm, as found in the Chapter of the
Appearance of Jeweled Stupa of the Lotus
Sutra.
The Prabhutaratna
Tathagata Buddha Tower’s quadrangular form symbolizes the Four Noble Truths
that are the quintessence of the Buddha’s teachings. Images of Vairocana Buddha
of Pure Dharma Body, Nosana Buddha of the Complete Body of Bliss, the
Shakyamuni Buddha of Body of Transformation, and Prabhutaratna Tathagata Buddha
are depicted in carvings on each side of the Prabhutaratna Buddha Tower. This
tower is made of the Immeasurable Light of the Buddha, like the Shakyamuni
Buddha Tower, and this Light can only be seen by the eyes of a Buddha.
When there is a
great Dharma talk led by the Buddha (such as in the Lotus Sutra), or an
important event is held, Prabhutaratna Tathagata Buddha emerges out of the
ground along with this tower in order to prove that the Dharma talk is true.
When Great Monks
Gwangmyong Manduk and Jajae Manhyon of Hyonjisa attained Buddhahood, when the
establishment of Yongsan Buddhism was declared, and when life was given to the
statue of Vairocana Buddha, this tower emerged from out of the ground to prove
that the words of the Buddha are true.
As the Great Monks Gwangmyong Manduk and Jajae
Manhyon - both of whom who have attained Buddhahood - have given life to this
tower, its existence is rare and unprecedented in the history of the world; it
is the first tower to have been linked with the real Prabhutaratna Buddha Tower
in the Pure Land Ratnavisuddha (the Pure Land of the Absolute Realm, where
Prabhutaratna Tathagata Buddha abides).
“
The Main Hall is the temple in which Shakyamuni Buddha, who is the Dharma King
in the Dharma Realm of the universe, has been enshrined.”
In the Main Hall, a statue
of Nosana Buddha of the Complete Body of Bliss – the Reward Body of Shakyamuni
Buddha – has been enshrined as the main Buddha present; along with him, statues
of Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, who conduct the
Bodhisattva’s actions in the Saha world, have also been enshrined.
Enshrined in a painting located behind the
three statues of the Main Hall are those Buddhas and Bodhisattvas who acted as
teachers of the two Great Monks - those who taught and led them until they
attained Buddhahood - as well as the Five Tathagata Buddhas who represent all
Buddhas in the Threefold Great Thousand World System.
The Buddhas and Bodhisattvas seen in the paintings of the Hyonjisa’s Main Hall have been portrayed as being surrounded by blazing light, such has been seen by the two Great Monks in the Samadhi of Great Tranquilit
Three Buddhas are
enshrined in Hyonjisa’s Three Buddhas Treasure Hall: Sanwang Buddha on the
left, Bo-myong Buddha in the middle, and Tejaprabha Tathagata Buddha on the
right.
Bo-myong Buddha is one of the Five Tathagata
Buddhas. Kept in his Dragon Palace are all the sutras containing the words of
the numerous Buddhas who abide in the Threefold Great Thousand World System. He
supervises the dragon kings, who reside in the Dharma Realm of ten
directions.
Sanwang Buddha supervises the numerous mountain
kings who live in the various famous mountains found in the Dharma Realm of ten
directions.
Tejaprabha Tathagata Buddha is responsible for
supervising the chief leaders of living beings, the Star Kings (星君), who live on the innumerable stars.
The three Buddhas of the Three Buddhas Treasure
Hall collectively supervise the fortunes of sentient beings, especially those
in Jambudvipa of the Saha world. If sentient
beings who are encountering suffering as a result of their karma pray earnestly
to these three Buddhas — Bo-myong Buddha, Sanwang Buddha, and Tejaprabha
Tathagata Buddha — by their astonishing empowerment, these difficulties can be
overcome.
The way of worship in a temple hall
1.
When Buddhists visit Hyonjisa – a clean, pure
place in which the Buddha manifests himself –, they must be of a pious state of
mind and refrain from wearing discourteous attire, making uncivil remarks, or
having poor manners within the temple halls.
2.
We advise visiting Buddhists that upon arrival,
you first pay respects to the Vairocana Buddha of Pure Dharma Body, who is
enshrined in Vairocana Hall.
3.
Following this, you should pay respects to the
Buddhas in their respective halls in this order: the Sakyamuni Buddha Tower,
the Prabhutaratna Buddha Tower, the Main Hall, and the Three Buddhas Treasure
Hall.
4.
When you ascend towards the entrance of a
temple hall, you are not allowed to use the middle steps or door, as these are
reserved for the Buddhas and our Great Monks; instead, please use the steps and
doors found on either side of the temple halls.
5.
Upon entering a temple hall, you should first
greet the Buddha once with a half-salutation (bending your head and waist
slightly, while also joining your palms together), and after this has been
completed, then bow three times, offering three separate prostrations to the
Buddha, at an appropriate place in the hall. At this time, you should neither
light any candles, burn incense, nor present individual offerings such as rice,
candles, incenses, etc., upon the platform.
6.
When going to pay respects at the towers found
at Hyonjisa, you should first worship at the Tower of Shakyamuni Buddha, and
then proceed to the Tower of Prabhutaratna Tathagata Buddha. In order to pay
your respects at our towers, please follow these steps: first, remove your
shoes; after this has been completed, walk up upon the square stone base of the
tower; once upon the tower’s base, bow in three prostrations towards the Buddha
in the Tower; following the prostrations, descend from the tower; finally,
circle the tower counterclockwise. The Shakyamuni Buddha Tower and
Prabhutaratna Buddha Tower should be circled together, chanting the words “Shakyamuni Buddha” with your mouth, and
thinking (or chanting) “Prabhutaratna
Buddha” in your mind as you do so.
7.
When paying respect to the Buddhas at any of
our branch temples, you should worship the Buddhas in the order of their
respective attainment of Buddhahood – that is, the Vairocana Hall, the Main
Hall, the Medicine Buddha Hall, the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Hall, the
Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Hall, and so on.
Head Temple and Branch Temples
Head Temple in
Chuncheon
Hyonjisa is a holy site offering sacred shrines and
Buddhist towers, including Vairocana Buddha Hall, Shakyamuni Buddha Tower,
Prabhutaratna Buddha Tower, and many others.
Hyonjisa’s head
temple was established at the foot of Daesung Mountain, situated in the suburbs
of Chuncheon City, in May 2000.
Our
two Great Monks established the temple halls of the great monastery which
stands today. They went on to build the Vairocana Hall and erect the towers
dedicated to Shakyamuni Buddha and Prabhutaratna Tathagata Buddha. By giving
life to the statues of the Buddhas enshrined within the temple, they linked
these images of the Buddhas with the true Realm of the Buddha.
The
Buddhas of the Absolute Realm abide and manifest in the Vairocana Hall,
Shakyamuni Buddha Tower, and Prabhutaratna Buddha Tower which are connected
with the Realms of the Buddhas.
Also,
the Main Hall and the Three Buddhas Treasure Hall located within the head
temple grounds in Chuncheon are likewise holy places where the Buddhas abide.
The head temple
in Chuncheon acts as the base for spreading the true Dharma, and can also be
called the cradle for the vows of the two Great Monks, for it is the place at
which their wishes for the prosperity of the country and its peaceful
unification are realized through Buddhism.
· Transportation
[From Seoul]
·
Take a bus at either the East Seoul Terminal or Gangnam Terminal
- Exit the bus at the Chuncheon Terminal stop - Take an intercity bus for
Hwacheon, found in front of the station - Disembark the bus at Hyonjisa
·
Take the subway at Sangbong Station, on the Seoul-Chuncheon Rail
Line - Exit the subway at Chuncheon Station - Take an intercity bus for
Hwacheon, found in front of the station - Disembark the bus at Hyonjisa
[From Busan]
·
Take a bus at Nopodong Terminal in Busan - Exit the bus at the
Chuncheon stop - Take an intercity bus to Hwacheon - Disembark the bus at
Hyonjisa
·
Alternatively, you can take a taxi to Hyonjisa directly from
Chuncheon Terminal (taxi services can be reached at 010-4059-9602)
[Directions when traveling by car]
[From Seoul]
·
Take Route 46 heading from Seoul, Guri to Gapyeong - Continue in
the direction of Chuncheon and Hwacheon - Follow Local Road 70 and the
directions towards Hwacheon) - Go straight (take Route 5 or 56. You can see
Chuncheon Dam on your right) - Go straight about ten kilometers from Chuncheon
Dam - You will see the temple’s sign on your right - Hyonjisa Temple
· Chuncheon Tollgate on Jung-ang Expressway - Drive toward Soyang Dam - Onui Intersection - The 2nd Bridge of Soyang - Heading to Chuncheon Dam or the 102nd Replacement Battalion - Turn right passing by Chuncheon Dam - Go straight about ten kilometers to Chuncheon Dam - You will see the temple’s sign on your right - Hyonjisa Temple
The bodhimanda of the white lotus flower, where Ksitigarbha
Bodhisattva abides
Our two Great
Monks established Hyonjisa’s second head temple on Jeju-do for disseminating
the true Dharma to the Buddhists living on Jeju Island, and abroad, as Jeju
receives many visitors from abroad.
We first built
the three temple halls - the Vairocana Hall, the Main Hall, and the Medicine
Tathagata Hall - and subsequently constructed the Great Dharma Talk Hall.
With
the construction of Hyonjisa’s second head temple on Jeju Island, we could lead
Jeju’s Buddhists toward the arms of the Buddha, and spread the true Dharma
abroad.
The Yongsan
Buddhism College also operates in the second head temple, and the faith and
knowledge of our Buddhists in Buddhism have been much improved.
[Directions to Hyonjisa’s Second Head Temple in Jeju]
·
Address: 311, Sinbuk-ro, Jocheon-eup, Jeju-si, Jeju-do, Korea
· Tel : 064-783-5355
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