The Final Gate of Tongdo-sa Temple, Buli-mun gate, Korea

Finally I got to the last gate of the temple Buli-mun gate.

This gate was attached next to the Yaksa-Joen hall. There was a road detour the Buli-mun. It meant that Buli-mun was not a gate for the practical use. This gate seemed to have symbolic meaning.

This gate is very famous for the brush writing of its front broad. The wrighter of this calligraphy was said Mibul who was a scholar in Song Dynasty of China. It was very interesting how a scholar of Song Dynasty visited this temple which was located at the end of Korean peninsular.

The name ‘Buli’ means ‘No two’, men is ‘gate’.

Here the meaning of ‘no two’ seems be the core of Buddhist teachings.
Living and Death are not two, or both are one.
This world and other world are not two.
In my guess, No two could be interpreted as ‘no different’

Actually, this buli-mun could be said as the line of the core area of the temple.
So in other temple, all buildings for serving Buddha and Bodhisattva must be built in Buli-mun.

In this manner, Tongdo-sa seems an exception in the arrangement of Buddhist buildings in the temple.

There was no proper data explaining the reason of the location relating to Buli-mun.
I don’t know the reason why.
But There must be something why they divided the building area into two sections.

I entered into the second area as passing through the Buli-mun.