Amita Bul (Sanskrit: "Amitabha" - Buddha of Infinite Light)
Abbot  - "Ch'u-ji"

Bo-hyeon Bo-sal
Bell Tower - Ch'eon Go-ru

Bo-sal - "Bodhisattvas"
    Bo-hyeon Bo-sal  -  "Bodhisattva of Action"
    Ch'i-jang Bo-sal  -  "Bodhisattva of Suffering"
    De-sae-ji Bo-sal  -  "Bodhisattva of Power"
    Koan-se-eum Bo-sal  -  "Bodhisattva of Infinite Compassion"

Bu-cheo-nim  O-sin-nal  -  Buddha's Birthday
Buddhist "Bible" - Bul-gyo Seong-jeon
Bul - "Buddhas"
    Amita Bul  -  "Buddha of Eternal Light"
    Mi-ryeuk Bul  -  "Buddha of the Future"
    Sakamuni Bul  -  "Historical Buddha"
    Tae-il-yeo-rea  -  "Buddha of the Great ('North') Star"
    Yeon-deung Bul  -  "Buddha of the Past"

Ch'i-jang Bo-sal
Chandaka
Ch'eon Go-ru - The Bell Tower
Ch'i-jang Bo-sal Mural
Ch'u-ji  -  "Abbot"
Courtesies
        Hap-ch'ang - palms together
        Pan-bae - standing bow

Cultural notes
        Beads
        Bi-ku  --  Bi-ku-ni
        Bo-sal
        Bo-sal  -- Bodhisattvas
        Buddha's Birthday -- "Bu-ch'eo-nim O-sin-nal"
        Bul
        Courtesies
        Monks, Nuns and Priests
        Respects to the Guardians
        Services
        Seung-bok

Dae-ung Jeong - The Great Hall
Disciples Hall - Na-han Jeon
Dr. Charles Muller's Web site

Eight Scenes from the Life of the Buddha

Founder's Memorial
Four Guardians Gate

Gates - Mun

       Ch'eon-jang Ch'oen-hwang - Guardian of the South
       Ch'i-guk Ch'oen-hwang - Guardian of the East
       Da-mun Ch'oen-hwang - Guardian of the North
       Heng and Ha - Gate guards protecting wisdom against ignorance
       Il-chu Mun - "One Beam Gate"
       Gwang-mok Ch'eon-hwang - Guardian of the West

       Sa Ch'oen-hwang Mun - "Four Guardians Gate"

Great Hall - Dae-ung Jeong

Main Page | Great Hall | Smaller Halls | Shamanist Shrines | Appendices | Index | Basic Documents of Buddhism

Hermann Hesse
Hwa-jang Shil - Restrooms

Il-chu Mun - "One Beam Gate"
Internet Resources for Buddhism

Jang San Ch'u-ji Seu-nim, Abbot of Tong Myeong Bul-weon
Jeong T'o - (‘Pure Land')

Kang, Seung-jin Memorial
Kang, Seung-jin Memorial Garden
Kanthaka
Keng and Ha Gate Guards
Keuk-nak Jeon - Amita Bul Hall
Koan-eum Jeon - Koan-se-eum Bo-sal Hall
Koan-se-eum Bo-sal
Lotus Lantern International Buddhist Center
Maya - "Queen Maya" - the Buddha's mother
Mi-ryeuk Bul
Muller, Dr. James - Buddhist Links Internet Site
Mun-su Bo-sal
Na-han Jeon - Disciples' Hall
Nam-seung Dong-sa (Koan-se-eum Bo-sal's scribe)
"Not-the-Buddha"  --  P'o-te Ha-sang
O-ryook Do - "Five / Six Islands"
Office

Other Attractions in Nam Gu
    Busan Cultural Center   ("Pu-san Mun-hwa Hui-gwan")     Hweng-Ryeong San
    Busan Municipal Museum  ("Pu-san Si  Rip-pak Mul-gwan")
    Jang San  -- the mountain
    O-ryook Do ("Five or Six Islands")
    Pong-o-ri San  (Pong-o-ri Mountain)
    Shin-seon Dae Park ("Playground of the Gods")
    UN Cemetery ("Yu-en Myu-ji")
    UN Memorial
    UN Rotary

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P'o-te Ha-sang  -  "Not-the-Buddha"
Parking
Parking Lot
Restrooms - Hwa-jang Shil

Sa Ch'oen-hwang Mun - "Four Guardians Gate"
Sakamuni Bul
Shamanist Shrines - Upper Level
    Ch'il-seong Gak   -   "Big Dipper" Shrine
    Ch'il-seong  -  Big Dipper Shrine
    Dok-seung Gak   -   Recluse Shrine
    San-shin Gak   -   Mountain God Shrine

Siddhartha

Taxi instructions
Toilets - Hwa-jang Shil
Tricycle Buddhist Magazine

Vegetable gardens
W.W.W. - Internet

Yeon-deung BulYong-wan - Dragon King

  A special thanks is due the Venerable Jang San Seu-nim, Abbot of Tong Myeong Bul-weon, for his kind assistance in preparing this introduction to my second home.  Thanks also to the kind and patient monks and lay-people of the Tong Myeong Bul-weon community who made my studies there so enjoyable and productive.

  Thanks to Lotus Lantern International, whose marvelous booklet, "Korean Temple Guide Book," served to introduce me to the wonders of Korean Temples during my first trip to Korea and served as a great source of information as I prepared this guide.

  Thanks to my several very special Korean friends who traveled all about the Korean countryside with me exploring other temples and getting a feel for this wonderful "Land of the Morning Calm."

  Thanks to my lively university students at Tong Myeong University of Information Technology who made my first year in Korea so joyful.

  A deep thanks to Susan Ciriello for her proof-reading, suggestions and excellent help with tricky Web Page situations.

  And a special thanks to my wife Eileen, my children Melanie and Jeremy and "Frau Braun" whose patience with my wandering has made this little guide possible.

This guide is dedicated to the Buddha-nature in all of us!
 

 Glenn K. Call   (Seo Re,  Geo-sa)

 Tong Myeong Bul-weon
(Project first begun  Summer 1997)