Product Details Paperback: 407 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 8.50 x 1.50 x 5.50 Publisher: International Scholars Publications; ISBN: 1573091774 Book Description Syncretic Buddhism, like Christianity, has a long and honorable tradition in Korean religious thought. Pak Chung-bin (1891-1943) better known as Sot'aesan was a religious reformer and this study focuses on his reformation movement in Korea. Won Buddhism, its faith and practice, grew from this powerful religious (and national) movement.

by Bokin Kim, Dr. Bokin Kim Product Details Paperback: 196 pages Publisher: Diane Pub Co; (September 25, 2000) ISBN: 0756701910 About the Author Bokin Kim joined  Won Buddhism in 1972 when she was 19 years old. She came to the United States from Korea in 1979 and finished her Ph.D. in Religion at Temple University, Philadelphia in 1989. Serving as a Won Buddhist Kyomunin (priest) in the Won Buddhist Temple of Philadelphia since 1987, she has presented numerous articles on Won Buddhism and Won Buddhist practices, including Won Buddhism in the United States.

A Translation of the Wonbulgyo Kyojon with Introduction        Product Details ______________ Hardcover: 416 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.25 x 9.34 x 6.22 Publisher: Univ. of Hawaii Press; (March 1, 2003) ISBN: 0824821858 Editorial Reviews About the Author Bong-kil Chung is professor of Philosophy at Florida International University. Book Description Won Buddhism, one of the major religions of modern Korea, was established in 1916 by Pak Chung-bin (1891-1943), later known as Sot'aesan. In 1943 Sot'aesan published a collection of Buddhist writings, the Correct Canon of Buddhism (Pulgyo chongjon), which included the doctrine of his new Order. Four years later, the second patriarch, Chongsan (1900-1962), had the order compile a new canon, which was published in 1962. This work, translated here as The Scriptures of Won Buddhism (Wonbulgyo kyojon), consists of the Canon (a redaction of the first part of the Pulgyo chongjon) and the analects and chronicle of the founder known as the Scripture of Sot'aesan. The present translation incorporates critical tenets from the 1943 Canon that were altered in the redaction process and offers persuasive arguments for their re-inclusion. "Professor Chung has drawn on all the tools in his scholarly arsenal to convey the flavor and meaning of the original Korean texts. Written vernacular Korean was still very much a work in progress during the early twentieth century and the meaning of the Korean texts is not always clear-cut, even to the specialist. Professor Chung has taken an important first step in making this material intelligible to a Western audience." --- Robert E. Buswell, from the Foreword

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