SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – A Buddhist temple stay program aimed at single adults in their 40s has resulted in four new couples, marking a successful debut for this age-specific iteration of what has become a popular matchmaking initiative. The event, held on October 5 and 6 at Hwagye Temple in Seoul’s Gangbuk district, attracted significant [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The Jogye Order, South Korea’s largest Buddhist sect, is expected to reclaim next month the remains of Buddhist monks from the country’s 14th-century Goryeo Dynasty after their stay for 85 years in the United States. The “sarira” relics, believed to have been taken illegally out of South Korea, are [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s mainstream Buddhist order has set out to build a large-scale complex in a southern city to provide experiences of “Seon” meditation, better known as Zen meditation, to Buddhist followers as well as ordinary people, a committee in charge of the project said Wednesday. Under the plan led [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism has announced plans to help gambling addicts through temple stays. According to the Cultural Corps of Korean Buddhism, a group under the Jogye Order, Heungguksa Temple signed a business agreement with the northern Gyeonggi branch of the Korea Center on Gambling Problems last Sunday. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – A total of 29 Buddhist scriptures have been found inside a 15th century wooden seated Buddha statue in a historic temple in South Gyeongsang Province, the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism said Monday. The discovery of the books — one pocket-sized and another a collection of 28 Buddhist scriptures, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The results of a survey of 505 Koreans’ thoughts regarding the taxation of “revenue” collected by religious denominations was released by research agency Real Meter on August 24. When asked whether the government should go forward with the intended implementation of taxation for religious leaders next year, 78.1 percent [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – An increasing number of South Koreans are seeking Buddhist priesthood after their retirement, but an ordinance set by the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism – the largest Buddhist sect here – prohibits those over the age of 50 from commencing priesthood. An upcoming meeting scheduled for March will once [...]
GYEONGJU, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Sacred sarira relics were placed back in an ancient Buddhist pagoda at the Bulguk Temple in Gyeongju on Wednesday as ongoing repairs are near completion. Sariras are crystals that are sometimes found among the cremated remains of Buddhist monks. They were put in a hole inside the main structure [...]