Lotus Sutra held at Yeonggwangyeonheungsa Temple

Yeonheungsa Temple in Yeonggwang County, Jeollanam-do, holds fourteen volumes of the Lotus Sutra, Myobeop Yeonhwagyeong, across six different editions. The Lotus Sutra, often known simply as the "Lotus Sutra", is the fundamental scripture of the Cheontae school, its basic teaching being that the path to Buddhahood is open to everyone. Together with the Hwaeomgyeong, the Avatamsaka Sutra, it has had the greatest influence on the establishment of Buddhist thought in Korea, and it has been the most widely circulated sutra since the Three Kingdoms period. These volumes were recovered from inside a Buddha statue in the main hall. They comprise four rolls in one volume printed in 1443, the twenty-fifth year of King Sejong; one roll in one volume printed in 1583, the sixteenth year of King Seonjo; one roll in six volumes printed in 1609, the first year of King Gwanghaegun; one roll in one volume printed in 1616, the eighth year of King Gwanghaegun; two rolls in one volume printed in 1627, the fifth year of King Injo; and one roll in four volumes printed in 1628, the sixth year of King Injo. All fourteen volumes across the six editions are woodblock prints produced at temples in the Jeolla provinces, carved sometime between the reign of King Sejong of Joseon and the period around the Japanese invasions of Korea, the Imjin War, and they constitute very important material for bibliographical study.

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Where it is

Region

Yeonggwang, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산