Hwaseong City Holds Special Lecture with Venerable Sunghyo, Abbot of Yongju Temple

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park Chan-hyuk] Hwaseong Special City hosted the '2025 First Celebrity Lecture' on the 13th at the city hall's grand auditorium, inviting Venerable Sunghyo, abbot of Yongju Temple.

The special lecture was held on the theme of 'The Concept of Ki (氣) and the Mindset of Public Officials,' with Mayor Jeong Myeong-keun and approximately 350 employees attending and sharing a meaningful time together.

Prior to the lecture, Mayor Jeong Myeong-keun delivered opening remarks, stating, "The mindset of public officials is the starting point for administrative change, and I hope today's lecture becomes an opportunity for deep reflection," introducing Venerable Sunghyo as "a leading practitioner and mentor of our time."

During the lecture, Venerable Sunghyo emphasized, "As servants of citizens, public officials must above all maintain mental stability and proper spirit," and stressed, "If you discipline your mind and cultivate a clear and tranquil spirit, that energy will be transmitted to the organization and citizens as well."

Venerable Sunghyo is an adjunct professor at the Central Buddhist Sangha University and serves as director of Buddhist affairs at the Gyeonggi Southern Police Agency, and has long contributed to the transmission of Buddhist culture and regional community development.

In particular, through collaboration with Hwaseong City including △operating filial piety culture programs such as temple stays △concluding an agreement on the creation of Seongwhangsan Forest Trail △supporting the Jeongjo Filial Piety Senior Welfare Center, he has contributed to establishing the identity of 'the city of filial piety.'

Meanwhile, starting with this lecture, the city plans to hold a total of three celebrity lectures including △a lecture on family and organizational culture by Sean (Noh Seung-hwan), CEO, on May 29 △a special lecture on travel by former Cultural Heritage Administration Director Yu Hong-jun on July 23.