The revered Korean Dharma master and prominent socially engaged Buddhist activist Venerable Pomnyun Sunim, founder of the Jungto Society community and social movement, led an opening ceremony for the Baek Yongseong Memorial Hall at Jukrimjeong-sa, a Buddhist temple in South Korea’s North Jeolla Province, on 4 December.
The memorial hall celebrates the life of Seon (Zen) Master Baek Yongseong (1864–1940), a pre-eminent scholar of the late Joseon dynasty (1392–1897) who played an instrumental role in the restoration and reformation of the Buddhadharma on the Korean Peninsula, and was also a key figure in the historic March First Movement for Korean independence in 1919, in opposition Japanese colonial rule.
Set in the green tranquility of Master Yongseong’s Birth Park (formerly Mulbit Park), the ground floor of the newly opened Baek Yongseong Memorial Hall features a multipurpose event hall and café, with the second floor containing an exhibition space for audiovisual exhibits tracing Master Yongseong’s many achievements, alongside an intimate collection of personal items and relics belonging to Master Yongseong and collected throughout the life of the living senior master Ven. Bulsim Domun.
▶️ Published by BDG on December 15, 2025
