Sancheong-gun Geoboesa Seongcheol Sunim Monument Unveiled... Contains Full Text of 'Hoping for Unification'

Seongcheol Sunim's 'Hoping for Unification' Monument.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] At Geoboesa Temple in Sancheong-gun, Gyeongnam, the birthplace of Great Monk Seongcheol, a poetry monument inscribed with Seongcheol's poem "Wishing for Unification" has been erected.

The monument contains the full text of the poem "Wishing for Unification," which Great Monk Seongcheol presented at the Religious Leaders Association on March 1, 1989.

The poem "Wishing for Unification," expressing the Korean people's hope for unification, concludes with the lines: "The moon rising from Hallasan shines upon the heavens and earth, oh how wonderful, the land of three thousand ri and seventy million people are one family, let us visit the Hallyeo Waterway and enjoy the sights of all things."

The monument was erected last November near the four-faced Buddha statue, which was built as part of the "Great Monk Seongcheol Birthplace Symbolic Sculpture Project."

The four-faced Buddha statue, inspired by the four-faced Buddha style of the Three Kingdoms period, depicts Yaksa Buddha, Amitabha Buddha, Maitreya Buddha, and Shakyamuni Buddha facing east, west, south, and north respectively, symbolizing the wish for harmony between the South and North, and among Yeongnam and Honam regions.

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