It was written by the Buddhist monk Baegun who died three years before this edition was printed . Baegun was the chief priest of the Anguk and Shingwang temples in Haeju . The Jikji was written by the Buddhist monk Baegun ( 1298-1374 , Buddhist name Gyeonghan ) , who served as the chief priest of Anguk and Shingwang temples in Haeju , and was published in two volumes in Seongbulsan in 1372 .