Buddhist-Led Rural Community Rebuilding in the Republic of Korea from the Indra’s Net Perspective

This paper zeros in on Buddhist-led community rebuilding with a special reference to Sannae District Namwon, Jeonbuk Province the Republic of Korea (South Korea). Until 1990s, district witnessed traditional sense rapidly disappearing along tidal rural-urban migration and agricultural industrialisation. Since late Silsang-sa, an about 1200-year-old Buddhist monastery located rural district, has strived help revitalise community. Reverend Tob?p, head monk monastery, brought attention overarching doctrines ‘dependent arising’ ‘Indra’s Net’ that every phenomenon arises only relation others. To start with, 1998 Tob?p set up organic agriculture training camp Silsang-sa Farm for prospective migrants. In 2001, he established Small School, which is alternative secondary school ecology economics included curriculum. Owing increasing in-migration, gradually evolved into socially economically vibrant sustainable variety social clubs commercial cooperatives have burgeoned.