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State Buddhism in Goryeo (c. 1025)

Type Event Region Korean Peninsula Time 1023–1028

King Hyeonjong's state Buddhist policy deepened in the mid-1020s; the court funded temple construction, monastic administration, and sutra printing, …

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  1. 1023–1025Kaesong · GoryeoHyeonjong used state finances to fund repairs of capital and local temples and managed the sangha through the monastic superintendent system. Buddhist rituals were incorporated into state ceremonies, and the king often attended assemblies in person, displaying the ideology of 'Buddhism that protects the state.'
  2. 1025–1028Haeinsa · GoryeoWith state support under Hyeonjong, Goryeo's monks and laypeople jointly printed the first edition of the Tripitaka (the First-Carved Korean Tripitaka). This was both for merit-making and state protection and marked a major achievement in Goryeo woodblock printing and Buddhist textual scholarship.

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