President Yoon Visits Busan Samgwangsa Temple... Praying for National Unity and Happiness

Visiting the Fourth Cheontae Order Temple
"We Will Do Our Best to Meet Expectations"

President Yoon Suk-yeol visited Samgwangsa Temple in Busanjin-gu, Busan on the 5th to pay respects at the Daejo Shrine and then spoke with Venerable Yeongje.
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President Yoon Suk-yeol visited Samgwangsa Temple located in Busanjin-gu, Busan, on the afternoon of the 5th, the Presidential Office announced. Samgwangsa is the second largest temple of the Cheontae Order of Korean Buddhism and one of the three major temples in Busan. This visit marks President Yoon's fourth visit to a Cheontae Order temple, including his visit to Guinsa during his presidential campaign.

Upon arriving at Samgwangsa, President Yoon greeted the temple chief monk, Ven. Youngje, and other temple officials and devotees. He then followed Ven. Youngje’s guidance to climb about 30 steps and entered the Daejosajeon Hall. In front of the statue of Daejosa, President Yoon received incense, placed it in the incense burner, and prayed for national unity and happiness.

President Yoon then moved to the Beophwadang Hall, where he had tea and conversation with Ven. Youngje and other temple officials. When Ven. Youngje said, "We believe that religion exists because the country exists, and at the sect level, we are praying diligently for the President," President Yoon responded, "I will do my best not to disappoint your expectations."

President Yoon wrote in the guestbook prepared by the temple, "I will faithfully uphold the teachings of Buddha and patriotic loyalty." He also received a model of the 'Samgwangsa Fifty-three Buddha Eight-sided Nine-story Pagoda,' symbolizing prayers for Korean reunification and world peace, as a gift from Ven. Youngje.

As the conversation ended, Ven. Youngje said, "Mr. President, may you achieve your great aspirations," to which President Yoon replied, "I will never forget and will uphold the patriotic Buddhism of Cheontae Order’s Samgwangsa."

Devotees who met President Yoon throughout the temple shouted cheers such as "We pray for the President" and "Fighting, Mr. President." President Yoon shook hands with the devotees and took photos with student devotees who requested pictures.

Accompanying President Yoon on the visit to Samgwangsa were senior aides from the Presidential Office, including Lee Do-woon, Chief of Public Relations, Park Chun-seop, Chief of Economic Affairs, and Jang Sang-yoon, Chief of Social Affairs.

President Yoon Suk-yeol is greeting worshippers who came out to welcome him at Samgwangsa Temple in Busanjin-gu, Busan City on the 5th.
[Photo by Yonhap News]

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