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..Tongdo-sa
in Yangsan, Gyeongsang ..nam-do, is one of ¡°Sambo-sachal¡± or ..three temples representing three Buddh ..ist in addition, stored Korean Tripitaka, ..treasures and, at the same time, one of ..¡°Odae Jeokmyeol-bogung¡± or five most ..famous temples storing Buddha¡¯s sari ..ra. ..Having finished his studying abroad in .. |
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| China, Buddhist precepts master Jajang returned with
Buddha¡¯s sariras (pearl-like relics of Buddha after cremation), the
robe reputedly Buddha wore, and sutras written on leaves. And he enshrined
the Buddha¡¯s sariras first to Tongdo-sa. So Koreans have thought Tongdo-sa
to be the head temple of all Korean temples just like Buddha is the
head monk of all monks. It was in 643, just the year the Ven. Jajang returned from China, when Tongdo-sa was founded. Queen Seondeok ordered to construct Tongdo-sa to enshrine together the Buddha¡¯s sariras which Jajang had brought and those which was presented in 549 by Liang dynasty in China. Tongdosa was named after the Buddhist saying, ¡°realize penetratively whole Buddha¡¯s teaching and save widely all the sentient beings.¡± |
| The Ven. Jajang also established ¡°Geumgang-gyedan¡±,
a platform for the ceremony prevailing Buddh ist precepts, and handed
down Bu ddhist precepts widely to monks and lay people. It is said
that it is from then on that Korea became a Buddhist country, where
not only true Buddhist teaching but also tr ue Buddhist precepts are
prevailed.
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