hyon gak sunim

is a modern Zen Master who was ordained nearly 35 years ago in a secret ceremony in China by the legendary Zen Master Seung Sahn, one of the pioneers in the Transmission of the Buddhadharma to the West in the 20th century. 

Engaged for years in intensive silent retreats in the temples of Korea, his awakening was confirmed by Zen Master Seung Sahn, and in 2001 Sunim was publicly authorized, in a lineage stretching back to Shakyamuni Buddha, to bring these teachings to the world. 

He is currently based at the temple he founded, Zen Center Regensburg e.V., in Bavaria, Germany.