Mangong
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Mangong, circa 1940
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Title | Zen Master |
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Religion | Buddhism |
School | Seon Buddhism |
Mangong (Korean: 만공; Hanja: 滿空, 1871–1946) or Song Mangong was a Korean Buddhist monk, independence activist, scholar, poet, writer, and philosopher during the Japanese occupation of Korea. Mangong was born in Jeongeup, Jeonbuk Province in 1871 and was ordained at the age of 14.[1] Though he spent three years teaching Zen traditioninMahayeon TempleinKeumkang Mountain and briefly served as the abbotofMagok Temple, he spent most of his life teaching Zen at Deoksung MountaininYesan, Chungnam Province. Mangong revitalized the Zen tradition of Korean Buddhism along with his teacher, Zen Master Kyongho.[2]
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