Gwalleuk was a Korean Buddhist monk from the kingdom of Baekje

Baekje

Baekje or Paekche was a kingdom located in southwest Korea. It was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, together with Goguryeo and Silla....

 who lived during the time of King Wideok

Wideok of Baekje

Wideok of Baekje was the 27th king of Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. He was the eldest son of King Seong, and rose to the throne upon his father's death.-Background:...

. In 602, he went over to Japan to solidify Baekje's diplomacy with Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. He is known for helping spread Buddhism to Japan and is mentioned several times in Japanese Buddhist records.

Asteroid

On Feb 18th, 1977, H.Kosai and K.Hurukawa found a new asteroid (4963

4963 Kanroku

4963 Kanroku is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 18, 1977 by Kosai and Hurukawa at Kiso Observatory. It was named after Gwalleuk, a Korean Buddhist monk from the kingdom of Baekje.- External links :*...

). It was named
"Kanroku", the Sino-Japanese reading for Gwalleuk by them.

See also

• List of Baekje-related topics
• Korean Buddhism
  Korean Buddhism
  Korean Buddhism is distinguished from other forms of Buddhism by its attempt to resolve what it sees as inconsistencies in Mahayana Buddhism. Early Korean monks believed that the traditions they received from foreign countries were internally inconsistent. To address this, they developed a new...
  
  
• Three Kingdoms of Korea
  Three Kingdoms of Korea
  The Three Kingdoms of Korea refer to the ancient Korean kingdoms of Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla, which dominated the Korean peninsula and parts of Manchuria for much of the 1st millennium...