Tongdosa
Buddhist temple at Yangsan, South Korea / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tongdosa (Korean: 통도사; lit. Salvation of the World through Mastery of Truth)[1] is a head temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism and in the southern part of Mt. Chiseosan[2] near Yangsan, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.
UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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Location | Yangsan, Republic of Korea |
Criteria | Cultural: iii |
Reference | 1562-1 |
Inscription | 2018 (42nd Session) |
Coordinates | 35°29′16″N 129°3′52″E |
Tongdosa | |
Hangul | 통도사 |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Tongdosa |
McCune–Reischauer | T'ongdosa |
Tongdosa is one of the Three Jewels Temples and represents Gautama Buddha. (Haeinsa, also in South Gyeongsang Province, represents the dharma or Buddhist teachings; and Songgwangsa in South Jeolla Province represents the sangha or Buddhist community.)
Tongdosa is famous because there are no statues outside[3] of the Buddha at the temple because the "real shrines of the Buddha" (relics) are preserved at Tongdosa.[2] Courtyards at the temple are arrayed around several pagodas that house the Buddha's relics.[3]