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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.