韩国曹溪宗举行集会 要求停止将寺院规划为公园

据海外媒体报道，2009年7月2日，韩国最大佛教宗派曹溪宗总务院长智冠法师连同曹溪宗数千名佛教徒在韩国庆尚南道省的Tongdo寺举行了集会，要求政府将寺院看做是独立的文化财产，停止将其规划成自然公园。

据悉，这是曹溪宗僧众13年来第一次举行此类集会。（编译：子规）

Seoul, South Korea - The Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, the biggest sect in Korea, held a rally Thursday to demand that temple grounds stop being designated as natural parks.

More than 1,500 monks and 2,000 Buddhists attended the gathering at Tongdo Temple, South Gyeongsang Province, with Ven. Ji Kwan, the head of the Jogye Order in attendance.

It is the first time for monks of the Jogye Order to get together and hold such a rally in 13 years.