On 25th of August, We gathered to pray for the World to commemorate the Dharma Authentication Day of Won-Buddhism.The Service began by lighting each of our candles, we quietly put them in front of Il-Won-Sang and sat with single mindedness. We meditated and prayed for the World with our public spiritedness. Then we listened to the Dharma talk from Rev. Inmyung (양타원님)She shared with us the episod..

Last Sunday Dharma Service, We had the Final Deliverance Service for Robert William Clay, Hojin and Jiyeon's Father. Robert was introduced to Won-Buddhism when his wife Elizabeth passed away last year. Our temple held her deliverance service together and we did the same for him after his departure. He was a gentle and witty, public-minded person with a big heart. His family and the members of th..

Verse 1 of Ch. 1: Prologue The Scripture of the Founding Master Upon attaining great enlightenment on the twenty-eighth of April (twenty-sixth day of the third lunar month), the first year of the Won-Buddhist Era (1916 C.E.), the Founding Master declared, “All things are of a single body and nature; all dharmas are of a single root source. In this regard, the Way (to) that is free from aris-ing ..

Won-Buddhism originated from the Great Enlightenment of Sotaesan, the Founding Master of Won-Buddhism in 1916 in Korea at the age of 26, after many years of searching for the truth. The Founding Master, Sotaesan, foreseeing that the human spirit will become more weakened and enslaved by the rapidly developing material civilization and will bring great suffering to human beings, established a new..