Zhou's book describes that Baekje owned many temples and pagodas. Buddhism came in 384 (in the days of King Chimnyu) led by a monk named Marananta de Xiyu who remained in the court and built a temple where approximately ten monks lived, then Baekje Buddhism grew under national support and this allowed build temples like the one in Wangheungsa located in Buyeo. However Samguk Sagi says that the temple was built in the spring of the year 600,3 a certain reperto of such a temple was found during an excavation carried out in 2007, it is a reliquary. saying '丁酉 年 二月 十五 日 百 濟 王昌 爲 亡 王 子 爲 刹 本 舍 利 二枚 葬 時 神化 神化 神化 三 En' On February 15 of the year Jeongyu, King Wideok of Baekje built the temple to remember his son with the relics of two Buddha bones that became three under the god's help
Many people prefer to refer to Buddhism more as a philosophy of life than as a religion. The reason why Buddhism is very great is the simplicity in how messages are transmitted full of wisdom.
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