Wonje() is a Korean monk, essayist, and travel writer.
Life
After graduating from the Department of Religious Studies at
Sogang University
Sogang University (SU; ) is a private Jesuit research university in Mapo, Seoul, South Korea. Sogang University was established on April 18, 1960 by the Society of Jesus, with the school being the oldest and only Jesuit institution of higher e ...
in 2006, he was ordained as the 40th disciple of the
Buddhist
Buddhism, also known as Buddhadharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and List of philosophies, philosophical tradition based on Pre-sectarian Buddhism, teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or ...
monk
A monk (; from , ''monachos'', "single, solitary" via Latin ) is a man who is a member of a religious order and lives in a monastery. A monk usually lives his life in prayer and contemplation. The concept is ancient and can be seen in many reli ...
Beopjeon. In addition to being impressed with the Buddha's 'authenticity' by looking at the early scriptures of the
Gautama Buddha
Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha (),*
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was a śramaṇa, wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism. According to Buddhist lege ...
, his
meditation
Meditation is a practice in which an individual uses a technique to train attention and awareness and detach from reflexive, "discursive thinking", achieving a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state, while not judging the meditat ...
experience led him to become a monk. He has traveled to 45 countries on 5 continents for 2 years from September 2012, and published 《If the question stops, it becomes the answer by itself》 in 2019. He is currently practicing in Gimcheon Monastery and publishing articles through SNS.
Book
* 《If the question stops, it becomes the answer by itself》
References
External links
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South Korean Buddhist monks
Sogang University alumni
South Korean essayists