| Jiri-san Cheonhwang-bong Beobgye-sa 지리산 천황봉 법계사 1300 meters up Exquisite-Wisdom Mountain Heavenly-King Peak Beobgye Temple in the Inner-Southeast Sector of Jiri-san |
| Viewed from a higher ridge to the south, Beobgye-sa is clearly seen on the lower-left, beneath Jiri-san Cheonhwang-bong Peak upper-right. It's about 1300 meters high -- making it One of South Korea's Eight Highest Temples. |
| close-up |
| At the Beobgye-sa-ipgu trailhead, I found a new pavilion with Neo-Traditionalist Jang-seung poles and dol-tap cairns. Just 5 minutes up the trail, I passed the Kal-bawi [Knife Boulder], the ancient indicator of the path to climb up to the temple & peak. |
| Beobgye-sa's sacred boulders and the pagoda erected on one of them -- a very rare positioning, implying that Shamanic rock-worship serves as a "base" for Buddhist practices, and that the pagoda serves as an "antenna" amplifying the conduction of Heavenly and Earthly energies [천기지기]-- concepts related to Doseon-guksa's theories of Bibo-pungsu-jiri. |
The San-shin enshrined in the Main Hall is
modern but terribly ordinary. Given this
location, it's surprising that it's not Female.
The Yong-wang [Dragon-King of the
Waters] has unusual prominent clouds --
quite appropriate for this location far from
any seas, but host to myriad swirling or
foggy clouds clustering around the peak,
offering rains to all the region.
modern but terribly ordinary. Given this
location, it's surprising that it's not Female.
The Yong-wang [Dragon-King of the
Waters] has unusual prominent clouds --
quite appropriate for this location far from
any seas, but host to myriad swirling or
foggy clouds clustering around the peak,
offering rains to all the region.
| View from the Main Hall out to and beyond the south ridge (from which I took the photos at the top). |
A modern fitted dol-tap [stone pagoda]
with small spirit-worship altar, out in
the forest near Beobgye-sa.
with small spirit-worship altar, out in
the forest near Beobgye-sa.
