Mu Shim Sunim JDPS, is the abbot and guiding teacher of Kye
Ryong San International Zen Center/Mu Sang Sa. He first came to Korea from the
United States in 1984 after meeting Zen Master Seung Sahn in 1979 at the
Cambridge Zen Center. He received ordination as a bhikkhu in the Chogye Order
of Korean Buddhism in 1986. He served Zen Master Seung Sahn as his personal
secretary and assistant for fifteen years, during which time he traveled
extensively with him. He was also able to experience Zen practice and retreats
at various Korean Zen temples such as Su Dok Sa, Shin Won Sa, and Bomo Sa. Mu
Shim Sunim received inka from Zen Master Seung Sahn and the authority to teach
Zen as a Ji Do Poep Sa in January 1997. Fluent in the Korean language, Mu Shim
Su Nim JDPS has edited a new Korean translation of the kong-an book, The Whole
World is a Single Flower, published in Seoul in May 2001.
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