Kobong

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Kobong / 고봉 / 高峯
Religion Chogye (Seon)
Personal
Born 1890
Korea
Died 1962
Senior posting
Title Zen master
Predecessor Man-gong
Successor Seungsahn
Kobong
Hangul 고봉
Hanja 古峰
Revised Romanization Gobong
McCune–Reischauer Kobong
Birth name
Hangul 박경욱
Hanja 朴景昱
Revised Romanization Bak Gyeonguk
McCune–Reischauer Pak Kyŏnguk

Kobong soensanim (Korean: 고봉선사, Hanja: 高峯禪師, 1890–1962),[1][2] the 77th Patriarch in his teaching lineage, was a Korean Zen master.

Biography

At an early age, Kobong became a monk at Namjangsa.[2] Known for spontaneous and eccentric teaching,[1][3] he sometimes said that he preferred to teach laypeople because monks were too lazy to practice hard.[4][5]

Kobong never held a position at any temple or established a temple of his own.[6] When he was elderly, his student Seungsahn brought him to Hwagyesa[6] in Seoul, South Korea where Kobong died at the temple in 1962.[5] A large granite monument was built in his honor on the hillside overlooking Hwagyesa.

Lineage

Kobong Sunim was Dharma heir to Mangong Sunim, who was in turn Dharma heir to Kyongho Sunim. Kobong Sunim's best known student was Seungsahn Sunim (1927–2004), founder of the Kwan Um School of Zen. Seungsahn Sunim received Dharma transmission from Kobong Sunim at 22 years of age. Kobong had never given inka to any monk before he met Seungsahn Sunim[2] and Seungsahn remained his only dharma heir.[5]

Sunim is a Korean word that means ordained Buddhist and can refer to both men and women who have taken ordination vows.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Ko Bong". Sweeping Zen. Retrieved April 16, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Ko Bong Sunim". Chogyesa Zen Temple of New York. Retrieved April 16, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Korean Zen: Ko Bong". Ox Herding. Retrieved April 16, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Ko Bong’s Try Mind". Kwan Um School of Zen. Retrieved April 16, 2013.
  5. 1 2 3 "Zen Master Ko Bong". Mu Sang Sa. Retrieved April 16, 2013.
  6. 1 2 "Flower Valley Temple The Story of Hwa Gye Sah". Retrieved April 16, 2013.

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