Goryeo Buddhist Monastery Reform

Timeline

1. 1065Gaegyeong · KoreaMunjong continued Goryeo's tradition of protecting the state through Buddhism, punishing monks who abused monastery privileges or violated precepts, maintaining the institutional operation of scripture-recitation ceremonies and public lectures, and using state authority to constrain the social conduct of monasteries.
2. 1065–1068Yeongtongsa · South KoreaMunjong's son Uicheon took ordination at Yeongtongsa in 1065 and was later appointed head monk, representing royal support for the doctrinal sects (such as Huayan), laying the foundation for his later founding of the Tiantai school and the reconciliation of doctrinal and Seon disputes.