page_title: Seonamsa
section_title: Samindang
hierarchical_section_title: Seonamsa / Treasures / Samindang
caption_attribution_description: Samindang is a small oval-shape pond with a small isle, with an evergreen, inside the pond. According to historical records the pond was created by Monk Doseon Guksa in 862. A plaque at the pond reads "Samin represents Buddhist ideals: 'Everything changes and there is no being. When people realize it, they enter Nirvana'". A pond like this is found only at Seonamsa.
context_page_description: Seonam Temple, or Seonamsa, is a Korean Buddhist temple on the eastern slope at the west end of Jogyesan Provincial Park, within the northern Seungjumyeon District of the city of Suncheon, South Jeolla Province, South Korea. It belongs to the Taego Order although the Jogye Order claims possession over it.
  The name Seonam is derived from the legend that a xian, an immortal, once played the game of Go here.
  About 1 kilometre from the entrance towards the main temple grounds, two rainbow-shaped bridges appear; the second-larger one being Seungseon Bridge. Just beyond Seungseon Bridge is Gangseon Pavilion. Past the pavilion, the small oval-shape pond called Samindang comes into site. Inside the pond is a small islet with an evergreen, creating an attractive setting.
  Going further on the Ilju Gate appears, beyond which the various temple buildings emerge. The large timbers of the main temple buildings are impressive, blending elegantly with the surrounding Jogye mountains and harmonizing with the nature surrounding them.
  A hiking trail to the left of Seonam Temple leads to Maaeburi, a 17 metres-high sculpture engraved on a rock.
context_section_description: Just past the Gangseon Pavilion and before reaching Ilju Gate is a small oval pond called Samindang (삼인당 / 三印塘), "the pond of the three marks". In the middle of the pond, there is a small islet covered with vegetation. According to Seonamsa's historical records, Samindang was created by the monk Doseon in 862.
  A plaque at the pond reads, "the three marks represent Buddhist ideals: 'Everything changes and there is no being.  When people realize it, they enter nirvana'".
  Seonamsa Samindang, a unique temple structure, is Monument #46.
caption: Seonamsa Samindang, a little pond
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