History

Based inside 1924 per venerable So Tae San, Won Buddhism combines aspects of Chinese Mahayana Buddhism, Zen Buddhism and Christianity.

Beliefs and Rituals

Combining Zen, Seon, Chan Buddhist teachings with occasionally Christian influence, Won Buddhists believed that practice meditation should exist as good upon a melanise circle inside the field of white (the black circle is the source of the title Won).

Sotaesan is unique among founders of Buddhist sects therein he detected enlightenment across Korean folk religious practices, & whenever looking for to tell you his own experience, found that a Buddhist perfection of wisdom teachings (prajnaparamita) were virtually all appropriate. Sotaesan summarized his school of thought in the “Verse of Truth,� which contains echoes of the Heart Sutra’s paradox, “form is emptiness, & emptiness is form�:

Existence changes into Non-being & Non-existence into Existence, Turning & turning over again; However in the ultimate Reality Existence & Non-existence come two Void, & a Void contains all about & is hone.

Won Buddhist practice shares lot inside commons sustaining traditional Zen practice, emphasizing seated meditation & eschewing a bells-&-whistles of Buddhist devotionalism. Sotaesan broke newly ground, nevertheless, inside his insistence on a equality of men & women inside Buddhist practice, & the require for properly organizing spiritual life in the context of science & technical development.