Venerable Myungjin’s Funeral to Be Held as Religious and Civil Society Ceremony... Memorial Altar Set Up at Bongeunsa Temple

Memorial Altar Set Up at Bongeunsa Temple
Funeral Ceremony to Be Held at 10 a.m. on August 25

The funeral of Venerable Myungjin, the former chief monk of Bongeunsa Temple, who passed away in Seogwipo, Jeju on August 22, will be held as a religious and civil society ceremony.

Yonhap News Agency

According to religious circles on August 23, the body of the monk, currently preserved at Seogwipo Medical Center, is scheduled to be transported to Bongeunsa Temple in Gangnam-gu, Seoul later today.

A memorial altar will be set up at the Sunbuldang at Bongeunsa Temple, where the monk served as chief from 2006 to 2010, and mourners will be received starting in the afternoon. The funeral ceremony is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on August 25, followed by a cremation at Beopjusa Temple, the main temple of the 5th district of the Jogye Order, where the monk began his monastic life.

The funeral committee is expected to be formed mainly by members of religious and civic organizations. Figures from other religions, the cultural and arts sectors, and the political community are also likely to be included.

The monk was found floating in the waters near Haye Port in Haye-dong, Seogwipo, Jeju at 9:38 p.m. the previous day and was rescued and transported to a hospital, but was pronounced dead at around 10:28 a.m. Since there were no visible injuries or signs of foul play, an autopsy will not be performed.

The monk had been practicing freediving in Jeju for several years and was reportedly wearing related equipment at the time of the incident.

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