Yaksasa Temple약사사(인천)

About

In 1932, Monk Bowol, who was practicing at Yujeomsa Temple in Geumgangsan Mountain, happened to pass by Manwolsan Mountain. Though the mountain is not very high, it offers views in all directions, and its ridges seem to stretch out like arms embracing the city below. Struck by this unusual landscape, he had a small hermitage built here the following year and named it Yaksaam. It stood a little higher up the mountain than the present temple, apparently so that the Buddha's teachings could reach ordinary people more easily. Monk Bowol later returned to Geumgangsan, and Monk Han Neung-hae, who had been practicing at Haegwangsa Temple in Incheon, took over. In the 1960s, he built the main hall and other buildings at the current site and elevated Yaksaam to Yaksasa Temple, as it is known today. The temple now has Daeungbojeon Hall, Geungnakjeon Hall, Yaksajeon Hall, Chilseonggak Shrine, Sansingak Shrine, a Maitreya Buddha statue, Dokseonggak Shrine, Yonggukgak Shrine, Josadang Hall, and Iljumun Gate.