Songgwang-sa became a Joge Monastic Teaching Center in 1969. With initiation of the Joge Monastic Teaching Center, Great Monk Gusan has been appointed as the first Zen master so that it has been reborn as the practice center for new Jeonghyegeolsa and Zen practice to support

the pillars of Korean Buddhism and has been very popular as the Sangha-Jewel Monastery which is the practice center for practice and effort having produced the national master Bulil Bojo and 16 national masters. Nowadays persistent efforts are being in progress to succeed to the spirit of Korean Zen Buddhism as the great practice center.