At an early age, Kobong became a monk at Namjangsa.

[6] When he was elderly, his student Seungsahn brought him to Hwagyesa[6] in Seoul, South Korea where Kobong died at the temple in 1962.

[5] A large granite monument was built in his honor on the hillside overlooking Hwagyesa.

[5] Sunim is a Korean word that means ordained Buddhist and can refer to both men and women who have taken ordination vows.

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