Heavenly Culture Blooms in Buddhist
Temples
On 12 August, a signboard-hanging ceremony will be held for the HWPL
World Alliance of Religions’ Peace (WARP) Office at Eungoksa Temple, located in
Jeongeup.
General
Secretary Byeong-nam Cho of Paradise Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism,
Senior Vice President Seokuicheon of Daewonsa Temple of the Korean Buddhist
Association, Governor Cheonlihyang of Confucianism, Christianity Missionary
Chang-Wan Lee, and HWPL Jeonbuk Branch Director Jaesang Lee will be attending
this ceremony.
The Declaration of
Unification proclaimed by HWPL’s Chairman Lee Man-hee deeply touched General
Secretary Byeong-nam Cho of Eungok Seonwon. This motivated him to actively
support and publicize HWPL’s peace movement and to work on the forefront for
the unification of Korea. Furthermore, General Secretary Cho is helping
heavenly culture bloom in Buddhist temples by opening the HWPL WARP Office in
the temple.
General
Secretary Cho, who participated in the comparison of
scriptures discussions to realize the value of peace written in the Heart
Sutra, established the HWPL WARP Office in the temple to provide a space of
peace where people of different religions could interact. After the
construction that started in the beginning of July ends in early August, there
will be a signboard-signing ceremony.
Moreover, this place will add value as a space for
peace through exhibitions of diverse religious cultures.
The HWPL WARP Office in Eungoksa Temple is the second office to
be established in a Buddhist temple in HWPL’s North Jeolla Province. HWPL
Jeongeup Regional Director Kwon Mi-kyung said that she would make efforts for
the temple to be a pillar of peace not only in the Jeongeup region but within
the North Jeolla Province through the HWPL WARP Office. She added, “We would
like to invite many religious leaders to HWPL WARP Office meetings held at the
Eungoksa Temple to reduce the wide gulf of religious conflicts that exists in
the Jeongeup region.”
As HWPL’s Jeonbuk branch
is the first to open the HWPL WARP Office in a Buddhist temple, it is
anticipated that more religious leaders will participate in HWPL WARP Office
meetings in the future, and through this, a space for a culture of peace can be
established in various religious facilities.
#WARP_OFFICE #HWPL
#DPCW_1038 #DPCW #IPYG #IWPG
No comments:
Post a Comment