Hong Ra-hee Gifts Digital Heart Sutra to Haeinsa Temple... Mentions Metaverse

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[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Hyunjin] Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong and former Leeum Museum Director Hong Ra-hee gifted Haeinsa Temple with a book of the "Heart Sutra," created by capturing the original calligraphy of Chusa Kim Jeong-hui in ultra-high-definition digital format.

According to business and Buddhist circles on the 4th, Vice Chairman Lee and former Director Hong visited Haeinsa Temple on the 1st to pay respects on the first anniversary of the late Chairman Lee Kun-hee. After the visit, they met with Ven. Won-gak, the head monk of Haeinsa, and presented the digital Heart Sutra.

This was reportedly a gesture of gratitude for holding the 49th-day memorial service for Chairman Lee at Haeinsa Temple last December.

After presenting the gift, former Director Hong said, "Once virtual spaces are created, just by inserting this, you will be able to see the entire Leeum collection within it. That world is coming soon," referring to the 'metaverse.'

She added, "It seems like a world where there is no mine or yours."

The metaverse is a compound word of 'meta,' meaning transcendence, and 'universe,' referring to the world or cosmos, and denotes a three-dimensional virtual world.

On the following day, the 2nd, Vice Chairman Lee and former Director Hong visited Tongdosa Temple in Yangsan, Gyeongnam Province, to express their gratitude.

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