Comments on: That’s a lot of bald foreigners http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/06/30/thats-a-lot-of-bald-foreigners/ Korea... in Blog Format Fri, 5 Sep 2008 06:50:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: sanshinseon http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/06/30/thats-a-lot-of-bald-foreigners/#comment-41799 sanshinseon Sat, 01 Jul 2006 06:45:36 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/06/30/thats-a-lot-of-bald-foreigners/#comment-41799 Songgwang-sa was the original place that accepted foreign monks, back in the early 1980s, under the late Meditation-Master Gusan. I doubt that any still reside there. By the 1990s the focus shifted to Hwagye-sa in Seoul (under the late Seungsan-seunim) and the Lotus Lantern Center (under the late Wonmyeong-seunim). Songgwang-sa was the original place that accepted foreign monks, back in the early 1980s, under the late Meditation-Master Gusan. I doubt that any still reside there. By the 1990s the focus shifted to Hwagye-sa in Seoul (under the late Seungsan-seunim) and the Lotus Lantern Center (under the late Wonmyeong-seunim).

]]> By: dda http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/06/30/thats-a-lot-of-bald-foreigners/#comment-41731 dda Fri, 30 Jun 2006 18:47:56 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/06/30/thats-a-lot-of-bald-foreigners/#comment-41731 There were a bunch of them at 松廣寺, between 광주 and 순천. Beautiful place. Dunno whether they still have some there. There were a bunch of them at 松廣寺, between 광주 and 순천. Beautiful place. Dunno whether they still have some there.

]]> By: Won Joon Choe http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/06/30/thats-a-lot-of-bald-foreigners/#comment-41711 Won Joon Choe Fri, 30 Jun 2006 16:36:40 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/06/30/thats-a-lot-of-bald-foreigners/#comment-41711 Wow, Paul Muenzen (Hyun Gak's name in the days yore before he became a celebrity) got his "gae" the same ceremony I got mine. The Whalers, Paul Muenzen--this Blog is a personal time machine for his prematurely old man. What's next? There's going to be a retrospective on Jo Yong-pil? :) Wow, Paul Muenzen (Hyun Gak’s name in the days yore before he became a celebrity) got his “gae” the same ceremony I got mine. The Whalers, Paul Muenzen–this Blog is a personal time machine for his prematurely old man.

What’s next? There’s going to be a retrospective on Jo Yong-pil? :)

]]> By: slim http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/06/30/thats-a-lot-of-bald-foreigners/#comment-41705 slim Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:12:49 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/06/30/thats-a-lot-of-bald-foreigners/#comment-41705 My question, Robert: How many foreign monks who reside in Korean temples affiliated with the Jogye order does it take to screw in a light bulb? My question, Robert: How many foreign monks who reside in Korean temples affiliated with the Jogye order does it take to screw in a light bulb?

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