Seoul Colloquium in Korean Studies
(Organized by the Seoul Center of the ÉFEO and RAS Korea)

We would like to inform you of the October 2020 Colloquium, which will be held as a physical presentation, not using Zoom

Because of the current situation only 10 people will be permitted to attend the presentation. All who wish to attend must register in advance by sending an email to efeoseoul@hotmail.com

Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2020. 6:00PM
Speaker: Bernard Sénécal, S. J.
Venue: Grand Conference Room (Room #310), of the Asiatic Research Institute, Korea University

**[Take Exit 1 from Korea University subway station (Subway Line 6), turn right onto the footpath leading up onto the campus. Walk straight up the road past LG Posco Hall, the Business School and Main Library (all on the right hand side). The Asiatic Research Institute is the building next after the Library (Building 39 on the Campus Map http://oia.korea.ac.kr/listener.do?layout=itd_4_1 )]

Life and Works of Seon 禪 Master Seongcheol 性徹 (1912-1993) – the most famous Korean Buddhist monk in the 20th century

Meditation Master Seongcheol (Sŏngch’ŏl) 性徹禪師 (1912-1993) undoubtedly is the most famous Buddhist monk in the history of 20th century Korea. Indeed, he enjoys the enduring reputation of having been a living Buddha. However, an in-depth study of his life and works reveals a close relationship between him and, not only the Korean dictatorship (1961-1987), but also the modern Japanese Buddhist ideologies that have supported the ascent of the Empire of the Rising Sun and the Pacific War.

Bernard SÉNÉCAL S.J. (Seo Myeongweon 徐明源) is a qualified Dharma master in the Korean Seon Way Association (禪道會) since 2007, and the chairman of the board of the Way’s End Stone Field Community, specializing in Buddhist-Christian encounter and organic farming, since 2015. Besides three books, he has published numerous essays in English, French and Korean on Korean Buddhism. In December 2015, he was granted Korean citizenship as an outstanding academic.

We hope that as many as possible of you can come to this event.

Elisabeth Chabanol
Brother Anthony