Kumjongsan Pomosa Pomosa is a Buddhist temple located on Mt. Kumjong in Pusan, Korea. Welcome to my Pomosa website! Contents A Brief Introduction to Pomosa Famous Monks of Pomosa Photo Page A Virtual Tour Hermitages at Pomosa A Map of the Temple Complex Links Page Guestbook Page Search this site Search Query What's New 3/6/02 - Reloaded site after server crash This site is maintained by Kerk ...

Hwaomsa Temple's name is taken from that of one of the most influential texts in the history of Korean Buddhism: the Avatamsaka Sutra, whose underlying theme is the universal oneness of all things. The temple was built on the slopes of striking Mt. Chirisan. While legends say that it was built in 544 CE by Master Yon-gi, old records indicate that it was actually established in the 8th century.

Chogyesa Temple is the only major temple within the old city walls of Seoul. Built in 1910, the temple became the main temple of Korean Buddhism's Chogye Order in 1936. In 1954, after the great clean-up movement to rid the country of any vestiges of the Japanese occupation, the temple came to be called Chogyesa. This is the name of the mountain on which the Sixth Patriarch of Chinese Ch'an ...