Haeinsa
Sign in to saveHaeinsa () is a Buddhist temple in Gayasan National Park, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It is the head temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Seon Buddhism. Haeinsa is most notable for being the home of the Tripitaka Koreana, the whole of the Buddhist Scriptures carved onto 81,350 wooden printing blocks, which it has housed since 1398.
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- Religious building.name
- Haeinsa
- Religious building.image
- 한국 문화 여행 음식 해인사003.jpg
- Religious building.caption
- Overview of the temple (2017)
- Religious building.location
- Gayasan National Park, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea
- Religious building.religious_affiliation
- Korean Seon Buddhism
- Religious building.sect
- Jogye Order
- Religious building.designation1
- WHS
- Religious building.designation1_offname
- Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon, the Depositories for the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks
- Religious building.designation1_criteria
- Cultural: iv, vi
- Religious building.designation1_number
- 737
- Religious building.designation1_date
- 1995
- Religious building.designation2
- Historic Sites of South Korea
- Religious building.designation2_offname
- Haeinsa Temple, Hapcheon
- Religious building.designation2_number
- 504
- Religious building.designation2_date
- 2009-12-21
- Korean name/auto.hangul
- ^해인사
- Korean name/auto.hanja
- 海印寺
- Korean name/auto.child
- yes
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Haeinsa () is a Buddhist temple in Gayasan National Park, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. It is the head temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Seon Buddhism. Haeinsa is most notable for being the home of the Tripitaka Koreana, the whole of the Buddhist Scriptures carved onto 81,350 wooden printing blocks, which it has housed since 1398.
Haeinsa is one of the Three Jewels Temples, and represents Dharma or the Buddha's teachings. It is still an active Seon practice center in modern times, and was the home temple of the influential Seon master Seongcheol, who died in 1993.
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