Yaksasa Temple藥師寺

Yaksasa Temple belongs to the Korean Buddhist Yeoraejong order and is located on the middle slope of Manduksan Mountain in Namhansanseong, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do. Yaksasa Temple was founded in 1937 when Bodhisattva Sukhyun (birth name Yoon Bong-soon), after having a spiritual dream, discovered a small cave on the site of a hermitage with the help of Grandmother Lee Chang-ho, built a Dharma hall, and began religious life there. In March 1967, after Ven. Inwang reconstructed Hanheungsa Temple, which was located in Namhansanseong, a standing statue of Yaksa-yeorae (Bhaisajyaguru Buddha), the Medicine Buddha of the East, was enshrined in 1968, and the temple's name was changed to its current name, Yaksasa. During the construction of the Daeungbojeon (Main Hall) in 1999, stone pagoda components presumed to have been made in the Goryeo Dynasty (including two lower stylobate face stones, five capstone components, and one roof stone) and roof tile fragments were discovered, confirming that it was originally a temple site. The Jijang Siwangdo (Painting of Ksitigarbha and the Ten Kings of Hell) is enshrined in the Seongbojeon (Hall of Sacred Treasures).