The master of the late Kusan Sunim, Hyobong was the guiding teacher of several temples in Korea—including Songgwang-sa and Haein-sa.
Stephen Batchelor has called him, "One of the most remarkable Buddhist teachers of this century in Korea.
"[1] Hyobong was also the first Korean individual to serve as a judge for the Japanese Imperial government, though he resigned his position after being troubled with having sentenced a man to death.
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