Stupa for the Great Monk and the Stone Lantern in Sin Reuk Sa Temple, Yeo Ju City, Korea

There was a stupa on the hill behind the temple. This stupa was made for the great monk Na Ong.
The monk Na Ong passed away 1376 AD. He had lived for 56 years old.
He was very famous monk and a spiritual teacher of the King.
It was Goryeo dynasty when he passed away.
The King ordered to build a stupa for him.
It is said that his stupa was far from the style of that time.
Some scholars told the style of the Stupa for the Monk Na Ong was the example of the stupas in Choson dynasty which succeeded Goryeo dynasty.

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But in my view this stupa looked as same as that of real Buddha.
There are several stupas for real sarira of Buddha in Korea,
The bell style of stupa was the typical model for the real sarira stupa in Korea.

Below is the stupa for Buddha in Ton Do Sa temple in Yang San

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There was a stone lantern in front of the stupa and the carved relief was very unique comparing with other lanterns. The relief on the lantern was so vivid due to the material. It was marble.

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