Seung Sahn, Zen Master

Master Seung Sahn, the 78th patriarch in his line of transmission in the Chogye order of Korean Buddhism, was the first Korean Zen Master to live and teach in the West. In 1972, he started the Providence Zen Center. A decade later, he formally organized the Kwan Um School of Zen to provide administrative support to his growing network of centers in North America, Europe, and Asia.