Around Dharma Dragon Temple

Dharma Dragon Temple

Beomnyongsa Temple, located in Suseo-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, is a modern building shaped like a boat (Prajna Dragon Boat), with two underground floors and three above-ground floors. It serves as an educational venue, providing comprehensive Buddhist education, including practice, missionary work, and social welfare, to bhikkhunis (Buddhist nuns) and lay Buddhists nationwide, and fostering experts in various fields of society. For lay Buddhists, it offers specialized introductory courses (day and night classes) and basic courses (day and night classes). The cultural center also operates classes such as temple cuisine, folk painting, line gymnastics, traditional handicraft (gyubang gongye), everyday embroidery, yoga, flower arrangement, tea ceremony, and Buddhist painting. (Source: Korea Tourism Organization)