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This treatise will attempt to seek the direction that Buddhist publication should take by analyzing and searching for national Buddhist publication of the "golden period", from 1980 to 2000. As we can see Koryo Tripitaka, Koryo Kyojang, and Gikjisimcheyojeol, Buddhist society's recognition of publication was ahead of any other regions traditionally. Despite this, Buddhist publication became rare as people believed in Zen Buddhism which emphasizes a Buddhist revelation since the middle years of Korea period. This happened because of the misunderstanding about Zen Buddhism's Buddhist revelation and it was the major reason why the Buddhist publication became rare. Moreover, since people paid too much attention to the Buddhist service of construction, prayer, and politics, they were careless of the Buddha -work of man of ability and publication. Therefore, in spite of the long tradition of the Buddhist publication, Buddhist publication within the nation was rather rare. For these reasons, Buddhist culture has not become the leading part of the culture of the modern world. However, from the 1980s, the inner part of the conditions of the Buddhist society changed, so people started publishing Buddhist manuals and learned books. Scholars who studied inside and outside South Korea translated foreign books into Korean ones and they also published Korean books. As people shared the modern methods of studying Buddhism, they started publishing a lot of Buddhist books. A variety of magazines and learned journals were launched and Buddhist studies were supported by public opinions and papers. As a result, the period of the Buddhist publication began in earnest. During this period of time, translations of the Sutras and popular books came out and the base of Buddhism was gradually getting wider and wider. Grounds for discussion was arranged as people requested studies from different educational systems each other. Still, there are things that need to be improved. They are as follows: 1) searching for able writers, 2) revitalizing a variety of plans and compilation, 3) securing faster and more systematic distribution and provision systems. If the problems of suggesting educational programs by running publishing college and of obtaining the key position of the joint marketing of the Buddhist publication and distribution can be solved institutionally, the renaissance of the Buddhist publication will appear again.