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THURSDAY
Venerable Dr. Jongmae Kenneth Park will welcome you to the temple, chant a Buddhist Sutra, play the moktak,
and discuss Buddhism and the commonalities between Buddhism and Christianity. The sounds of the moktak are
an important part of Korean temple life. We will take a group photo outside the temple after the lecture.
About speaker:
Venerable Dr. Jongmae Kenneth Park is the Dean of Institute for Buddhist Studies USA and the Sr.
Bishop of Korean Buddhist Taego Order A-E Parish. Born in 1954 at Seoul Korea, he trained as a Zen
Novice from 1972 to 1975 and was ordained a Zen monk in 1975. After coming to the USA in 1979,
from 1986 to 2015, he founded 15 temples in 9 different countries, was a Buddhist Chaplain and Faculty
Fellow at University of Southern California from 1999 to 2005 and was an Adjunct Professor at Loyola
Marymount University from 2006 to 2014. He has published 7 books, one of which is the English-
Korean-Sanskrit Buddhist Dictionary.
A Visit to the Korean National Association Memorial Hall
(1374 W. Jefferson Blvd)
With guide by Dr. Edward Park, Professor of Asian Studies
at Loyola Marymount University
Handout on the next page
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