Korean Buddhism

traditions of Buddhism popular in the Korean peninsula

7 dated entries naming Korean Buddhism, drawn from 6 separate years between 528 CE and 1376 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Korean Buddhist in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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6th century

  • 528King Seong of Baekje adopts Buddhism as the state religion.source

7th century

  • 613Woncheuk, Korean Buddhist monk (died 696)source
  • 696Kim Gyo-gak, Korean Buddhist monk (died 794)source
  • 696Woncheuk, Korean Buddhist monk (born c. 613)source

9th century

  • 889Bongwon Temple, located in Seoul (modern South Korea), is founded by the Korean Buddhist master Doseon.source

11th century

  • 1082Approximate date – The Korean printing of the entire Buddhist Tripiṭaka is completed.source

14th century

  • 1376Gihwa, scholar in Korean Buddhism (died 1433)source

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