Stupa for the Great Monk in the Ruined Place of Bowon-sa Temple

The monk’s stupa and the epitaph stood at the bottom of the hill.

As getting closer, I could notice the owner of this stupa must be a great monk at that time.
His name was Tanmun.

There are delicate relief on the surface of the body of the Stupa. But I could not realize what those relief meant exactly. It seemed 4 heaven kings for me.

Various animals were carved on the bottom of the stupa. In Korean Buddhism, those animals are the gods protecting Buddhism.

He had lived during Shilla and Goryeo dynasty.
It is said that this great monk had very close relationship with the Royal family of Goryeo dynasty.

Even though everything was destroyed in this temple, this stupa was preserved in perfect condition.
So I could see the typical style of the stupa made in Goryeo dynasty.
There was no other stupas but this monk’s.
The various ornament were carved in this stupa as below.

There was an epitaph next to the stupa.
It was preserved in perfect condition also.
There was delicate ornaments on the top of the epitaph.

The bottom was very unique. I’d like to compare this bottom statue of the turtle with other case.
Below are the turtle shape foundation for the epitaph I photographed.