Stupa of Master Sanasawonjeung

This stupa is the sarira stupa of the monk Taego Bou (1330–1382). Bou's ancestral seat was Hongju (present-day Hongseong), his original surname was Hong, his first Buddhist name was Boheo, and his sobriquet was Taego; he was a native of Hongju. Bou left home to become a monk at the age of thirteen and became a disciple of Gwangji at Hoeamsa Temple, and he practised at Gajisan Mountain. In 1356, the fifth year of King Gongmin, he preached the dharma at Bongeunsa Temple at the king's request, and in the fourth month of that year he was appointed Royal Preceptor and took up residence at Gwangmyeongsa Temple. In 1371 King Gongmin honoured him as State Preceptor and asked him to reside at Yeongwonsa Temple, but he declined. In 1381 he moved to Yangsansa Temple, and King U again honoured him as State Preceptor. In 1382 he returned to Soseolsan Mountain and died there on the seventeenth day of the twelfth month. This stupa was built in 1383, the ninth year of King U, the year after Master Bou's death. It combines a square pedestal with a bell-shaped stupa body; the upper surface of the pedestal is carved with a downward-facing lotus-petal design that serves as a support for the body of the stupa. The surface of the bell-shaped body is plainly finished, without further decoration, and at the top the surface is levelled and fitted with a tall, bud-shaped finial at its centre. A stele standing nearby records that the stupa and the stele were erected the year after the monk's death, under the direction of his disciple Dalsim.

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Where it is

Region

Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산