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The Death Of The Buddha

Here is the third post in my Buddhism series, focusing on translating short stories from the book “재미있는 우리 사찰의 벽화 이야기” or “Our temple’s interesting wall painting stories”. The book aims to teach readers about the meaning behind many of the paintings you find on temple walls. My hope is to, as accurately as [...]

Evil soldiers try to move a water bottle

The following passage which I have translated is from the Korean book called “재미있는 우리 사찰의 벽화 이야기” or “Our temple’s interesting wall painting stories”. My goal is to translate as many of them as I can because I find this sort of thing interesting. The artwork was photographed by myself at Jogyesa Temple in [...]

Evil spirits interrupting Buddha’s attainment of Great Wisdom

Having been to many Korean temples over the years, I can still recall the feeling of great interest I had when I first encountered the brightly colored paintings on their walls. These paintings, I found, have human-like figures, strange creatures or animals in them. I always wondered what meanings they had, for surely they must [...]