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Woljeongsa - Gangwon province, South Korea (Buddhist Temple)

by Steve | Oct 5–6, 2007 | 27 | 1

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Woljeongsa is a head temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, located on the eastern slopes of Odae Mountain in Gangwon province, South Korea. Woljeongsa was founded in 643 by the Silla monk Jajang. It is said that, on this mountain, Master Jajang chanted and on the seventh night after chanting he had a vision in which the Buddha gave him a poem with four lines in Sanskrit.Next day, a monk came and remarked that the master looked pale and troubled. Master Jajang explained that he had received a poem he could not understand. The mysterious monk explained the verses and then told Jajang to go to Odaesan in Shilla where he would find 10,000 Manjusris. After seven more days of chanting, a dragon appeared who told Jajang that the old monk had been a Manjusri and that now he must go and build a temple to the Bodhisattva that became Woljeongsa.