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77 _ Places<br />

Seokguram grotto (National Treasure No. 24)<br />

Sakyamuni facing the East Sea and surrounded by basreliefs of bodhisattvas.<br />

It was built as an adjunct to Bulguksa Temple by Prime Minister Kim<br />

Dae-seong under King Gyeongdeok in A.D. 751. According to the<br />

Samgungnyusa (History of the Three Kingdoms) by the monk Iryeon,<br />

more than religious fervor motivated Kim. Seokbulsa (or the "Light of<br />

Truth"), as it was first called, was a monument to Kim Dae-seong's parents.<br />

Kim Dae-seong was born to a poor family, but an offering at a temple<br />

enabled him to be reincarnated as the son of the high-ranking Kim Munryang.<br />

One day while he was hunting bear on Mt. Tohamsan, the youth<br />

had a vision and vowed to build Bulguksa for his parents of this world,<br />

and Seokbulsa for his parents of the other world, but it is the rest of us<br />

who appreciate the artistry and majesty of the shrine today.

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