Bopjong
Sign in to saveBeopjeong (; 5 November 1932 - 11 March 2010), born Pak Jaecheol (), was a Buddhist monk and writer from South Korea.
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- South Korea
- Place of birth
- South Korea
- Occupation
- Buddhist monk
- Languages spoken
- Korean
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Image
- Monk Beopjeong Jinyeong-gak.jpg
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- date of death
- 2010-03-11
- date of birth
- 1932-10-08
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Beopjeong (; 5 November 1932 - 11 March 2010), born Pak Jaecheol (), was a Buddhist monk and writer from South Korea.
==Biography== Born in 1932 in Haenam County, South Jeolla Province, Beopjeong graduated from Mokpo Commercial High School and entered Chonnam National University. In 1954, his junior year, he left school and decided to become a Buddhist monk as a follower of Hyobong Hangnul, a Jogye Seon master.
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