Dokseongjeon and Nahanjeon Halls

Beomeosa Temple
Busan, Korea

Dokseongjeon is the shrine at photo left, distinguished by its arch-shaped entrance. This shrine is dedicated to the Hermit Sage (middle photo), a recluse who lives in solitude while striving for enlightenment.

The shrine at photo right is Nahanjeon, an Arhat Hall. Buddha's followers (bottom photo) are imagined here as decorous monks, rather than the wild "mountain men" that one often see in statues from China and Japan.