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 | |
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Title | Zen master, Supreme Patriarch of the Jogye Order |
Personal | |
Born | Yi Yeongju April 6, 1912 |
Died | November 4, 1993 81) | (aged
Religion | Buddhism |
School | Seon |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 성철 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Seongcheol |
McCune–Reischauer | Sŏngch'ŏl |
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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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