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History
Venerable Thanhur founded this temple in July 1969
to educate bright minds with the help of many intellects.
This sacred place is located in Hahadong, a star
peak under the Kye Ryong Mountain known for having
mystical energy. For that reason it attracts many
great temples, such as Dong Hak Sa, Kap Sa and Shin
Won Sa, and in addition there are many great sages
who have practiced in this mountain, such as Kyong
Ho Sunim and Man Gong Sunim. The founder’s disciples
following his footsteps, in 1984 founded the Cultural
Buddhism Association of Thanhur, Inc. Their purpose
was to develop this temple as a center of the World
Buddhism practices. Followed by Venerable Bo Kyung,
Venerable Won Hang, Venerable Hyun Sue, Venerable
Kak Sung, Venerable Chong Ah is currently the Abbot
of this temple. This temple is not only a general
meditation center, but also offers Buddhism classes.
In addition, we host various retreats as well as
the temple stay program. |
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Venerable Than Hur, the Founder
The Patriarch, Than Hur, his
last name is Kim originally from Kyung Ju. Ta Sung
is his ordination name but later he was called Than
Hur, which his patriarch gave him at the time of
attaining enlightenment. He was born in the town
of Kim Je, the north of Gen La Providence in the
15th of January 1913, according to the lunar calendar.
He studied Confucianism under his father until the
age of 14. Since the age of 15, he studied the philosophy
of Lao-z and Zhuang-z and started his life as a
monk under the teaching of the master, Bang Han
Ahm at Sang Won-Sa in the Gang Won Providence at
the age of 22 in September 1934. After reading the
Sutras and dedicating himself to meditation at the
Sang Won Sa in 1937, he attained the state of enlightenment,
and his patriarch gave the name Than Hur. In 1951,
when his patriarch, Han Ahm entered Nirvana, Than
Hur dedicated himself to the translation of sutras
to more comprehendible Korean, and to the education
of many spiritual minds according to his patriarch’s
dying wishes. In addition, he founded a monastery
at the Wol Jung-Sa in 1955, and dedicated himself
the training and education of many Buddhists.
The Patriarch, Thanhur taught us
that the focus of Buddhism is ‘Mediation,’ and not
only to get rid of all of the imagined agonies in
our mind, but also to seek the true wisdom of the
Buddha, ‘the True Mind’. Furthermore, ‘Seon is the
mind of Buddha; refers to the practice of Meditation,
and ‘Gyoe’ is the teaching of the sutras; thereby,
he put a lot of emphasis on the harmony of Seon
and Gyo at all time. On the other hand, continuously
he concentrated on the translation of Sutras from
1961 to 1974, almost 14 hours a day. He translated
almost 100,000 pages of manuscripts, and edited
and published the sutras into 47 books. Every time
he finished one publication, he lectured the main
focus of the philosophy of the Sutras to the public.
Foreseeing his entrance to Nirvana, the deceased
Patriarch, Than Hur, soared at the Sangha age of
49 and the mundane age of 71. On the 5th of June
in the year 1983 in the eyes of his patriarchs and
other Buddhists, he passed away, saying, “All Things
Are Kept Silent.”
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