Mangong

Mangong (Korean: 만공; Hanja: 滿空, 1871–1946) or Song Mangong was a Korean Buddhist monk, independence activist, scholar, poet, writer, and philosopher during the Japanese occupation of Korea. Mangong was born in Jeongeup, Jeonbuk Province in 1871 and was ordained at the age of 14.^[1] Though he spent three years teaching Zen tradition in Mahayeon Temple in Keumkang Mountain and briefly served as the abbot of Magok Temple, he spent most of his life teaching Zen at Deoksung Mountain in Yesan, Chungnam Province. Mangong revitalized the Zen tradition of Korean Buddhism along with his teacher, Zen Master Kyongho.^[2]

Mangong 만공 滿空
Mangong, circa 1940
Title	Zen Master
Personal life
Born	Joseon
Religious life
Religion	Buddhism
School	Seon Buddhism

See also

• Korean Buddhism
• Korean Seon
• Kyongho
• Hanam Jungwon
• Jeongang
• Daewon
• Seungsahn
• Jinje
• Han Yong-un
• Chunseong

Gallery

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  Letter of Mangong (1930)
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  Temple of Junwol, 1941
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  Temple magoksa of monks (1930)