Seongcheol

Seongcheol (April 6, 1912 November 4, 1993) was a Korean Seon master. He was a key figure in modern Korean Buddhism, being responsible for significant changes to it from the 1950s to 1990s.

Seongcheol
성철
性徹
TitleZen master, Supreme Patriarch of the Jogye Order
Personal
Born
Yi Yeongju

(1912-04-06)April 6, 1912
DiedNovember 4, 1993(1993-11-04) (aged 81)
ReligionBuddhism
SchoolSeon
Korean name
Hangul
성철
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSeongcheol
McCune–ReischauerSŏngch'ŏl

Seongcheol was widely recognized in Korea as having been a living Buddha, due to his extremely ascetic lifestyle, the duration and manner of his meditation training, his central role in reforming Korean Buddhism in the post-World War II era, and the quality of his oral and written teachings.

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