Kyeyul

{{Short description|School of Korean Buddhism}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Buddhism}}'''Kyeyul''' ({{Korean/auto|hangul=계율종|hanja=戒律宗}}) was a Korean school. It was founded by Korean monk Kyŏmik who went to India in 526 CE to learn Sanskrit and study ''Vinaya''. It is the Korean name applied to a branch of Buddhism that specializes in the study and implementation of ''śīla'' (''yuljang'' 律藏) the "moral discipline" or ""Buddhist ethics". It derives directly from the Indian Vinaya School.<ref>The Buddhist Religion: a historical introduction. Richard H. Robinson, Willard L. Johnson, Sandra Ann Wawrytko. Wadsworth Pub. Co., 1996</ref><ref name=geom1>[http://www.koreapost.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=9318 Korean Buddhism has its own unique characteristics different from other countries], koreapost.com, 16 Jun 2019.</ref>

== History == When Buddhism first came to Baekje in 384, it was introduced by a Serindian monk named Marananta, Buddhism was quickly embraced but largely unknown.

Korean monk Kyŏmik (겸익, 謙益) was sent to India to bring back more information. He is said to have traveled to India via the southern seas, studied Sanskrit and the ''trepitaka vedatta'' at "Sangana Vinaya Temple".. He returned to Baekje accompanied by another Indian monk, Paedalta (Vedatta?) and with many texts on the Vinaya and Abhidharma.<ref>{{cite book |last=Buswell |first=Robert E. |title=Tracing Back the Radiance: Chinul's Korean Way of Zen |publisher=University of Hawaii Press |year=1991 |isbn=0824814274 |pages=5, 6}}</ref>

He translated the text into a book called ''Yulmun'' in Korea, and carried the Sanskrit from India to Korea. The translated text and the Gyeyul monastic order were lost.<ref name="geom1" />

Vinaya monk Jajang (590–658 CE), born in Silla as a true bone (jin'gol) aristocrat, revived the Gyeyul order and built the Woljeongsa temple in 643 of Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism on the eastern slopes of Odaesan in Pyeongchang County. In 641 CE, Jajang and his disciple Seungsil travelled to Tang dynasty China where he received bone relic of Buddha's crown, Śarīra relics and an honorary robe. He also visited Yunju Temple where he stayed until his return to Silla in 643 CE.<ref name=geom2>Gim Yeongsu, 2016, [https://books.google.com/books?id=E5lEDwAAQBAJ&dq=Gyeyul+%2B+Gyeomik&pg=PT65 Sheaves of Korean Buddhist History: Joseon Bulgyosa], Korean Buddhism Library.</ref>

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Category:Schools of Buddhism founded in Korea