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Humans, in the lineage of Zen Master Seung Sahn, living in Zen under the direction of Hyon Gak Sunim, formally authorized ("inka") in 2001.

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02/04/2026

The Novice Course: Part 2 of Hyon Gak Sunim’s revolutionary course in Zen. The mechanics of sitting, easily explained, closing with several guided meditations to get you started on the path!

31/03/2026

The Summer Kyol Che has started accepting applications. See link in our bio, above. #스님 #현각스님

20/03/2026

The Evening Bell Chant.
The Human Be-ing.

Zen Master Seung Sahn
(1927-2004)

#현각스님

Hyon Gak SunimZen Master Seung Sahn

20/03/2026

Arman Ray + Hyon Gak Sunim are currently in post-production on their latest release in the historic techno-Zen project: "Not-Two" is about to be born.

Get a sneak peak at one of these extraordinary songs of Dharma. It is an album far, far surpassing anything they have accomplished before in this rhythmic transmission of pure techno-Dharma.

It's here on Hyon Gak Sunim's Patreon page (sneak peek release of one of the draft songs for Members).

Become a Member today and help spread the Dharma in these decidedly unmusical times.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/big-news-sneak-153412225?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

18/03/2026

People think that “silence“ is merely the absence of sound. As if covering your ears would be a true spiritual experience! But true silence – – the spiritual quality of infinite Now – – merely means “non-egoic sound“, not a “non-echoic” sterility or vacuum. True Silence is the infinitely subtlest vibration of our True Nature, all universal substance — fundamentally empty, yet experienced in a nano vibe-like “form”. In Sino-Korean characters, it is described as 관음/“kwan um” (Chinese: “guanyin”), sometimes described in English as “don’t-know mind”. #현각스님

Hyon Gak Sunim

14/03/2026

Yesterday, Myo Gong (묘공) joined Boep Hwa (법화).

Separated only by an ocean.

Entering the frigid mountains of Western Massachusetts, pulling her two weeks of supplies on a sled behind her up a snowy mountain path, carrying a moktak and shaman’s drum, our Myo Gong (Jamie Kim) began an arduous two-week solo Zen meditation retreat in the room where her Teacher had his Great Awakening.

No books. No Internet. No other people for miles and miles around. Just looking into the nature of pure consciousness, without filters or distractions. A Woman fully alone with the Universe, and therefore never alone.

In a tiny one-room hut with no electricity, no running water, and no bathroom – – only an old country outhouse located some 400m away. Living by the heat of a tiny wood stove, by candlelight, and the Great Vow to wake up to her True Self and save all beings from suffering.

A 31 year-old graduate of some of America’s most renowned places of higher education, immediately after two months of Winter Kyol Che together at Zen Center Regensburg together concluded last week, she now rejoins her Dharma sister, Boep Hwa (Silke Merck), who is currently doing a similar solo retreat out somewhere in the trees of the deep Bavarian Forest (Bayerische Wald).

Two deep Dharma Sisters, united in infinite “don’t know“ — both carrying on the tradition of Kyong Ho Sunim, Man Gong Sunim, Ko B**g Sunim, Zen Master Seung Sahn and — separated only by an ocean.
#현각스님

14/03/2026

Hyon Gak Sunim's students are encouraged to face themselves in intensive solo retreats, as his Teacher Zen Master Seung Sahn did, and as he did himself.

Today, Myo Gong (묘공) entered the icy mountains of Western Massachusetts to live for 14 days without books, without internet, without even electricity or running water, on a mountain where many of the great teachers of the Kwan Um School of Zen have done deep practice -- Temenos.

A FREE post on Sunim's Patreon page, for your reflection. [Sound on LOUD, and FULL SCREEN]
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현각스님의 제자들은 그의 스승이신 숭산 선사께서 그러하셨듯이, 또한 스님 자신이 그러하셨듯이, 집중된 독참 수행 속에서 자기 자신과 정면으로 마주하도록 권장받습니다.
오늘 묘공(妙空)은 서부 매사추세츠의 얼어붙은 산속으로 들어가, 책도 없이, 인터넷도 없이, 심지어 전기나 수도도 없이, 14일 동안 홀로 수행하기 위해 들어갔습니다. 그곳은 관음선종(Kwan Um School of Zen)의 많은 큰 스승들이 깊은 수행을 해온 산 — 테메노스(Temenos)입니다.
현각 스님의 Patreon 페이지에 올린 무료 글입니다. 여러분의 성찰을 위해 나눕니다.
[소리를 크게 켜고 전체 화면으로 보십시오.]

13/03/2026

The latest installment in a very unexpected series on Hyon Gak Sunim's Patreon page -- "Max Enters the Mountains". A unique view into a young man of great worldly promise leaving it all behind to attain his True Nature and save all beings.

This series won't continue forever. We would really like to stop it very soon. But Max Haeng Ja Nim (막스 행자님) is still sharing his experiences with our Community, of his own free will and without plan, and in this day and age, any sharing of Dharma should not be ignored.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/max-enters-monk-152855295?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

12/03/2026

On Hyon Gak Sunim's Patreon page, a new post about the lineage of Zen Master Seung Sahn and the tradition of doing solo retreats. As two younger members of Zen Center Regensburg go off for their solo retreats -- in the forests of Germany, and a mountain in Western Massachusetts -- we are reminded of the ties of tradition and the absolute fire of the Great Vow.

Please consider becoming a member of Hyon Gak Sunim's Patreon Family -- it supports his constant efforts to bring the Dharma to others, many who cannot afford to afford the cost of doing retreats themselves -- group or solo. (And his Patreon page has supported these two steely retreat ants, by the way.)

https://www.patreon.com/posts/our-solo-boep-152837556?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link
Boep Hwa

11/03/2026

This week, after three years of hard training in Zen Center Regensburg, where he also served as House Master (and a damn good cook!), our beloved Max left this dusty, stupid world behind, cut off his “ignorance grass“, and entered the mountains. He is making the final steps to realize his deep before-life karma to abandon the world of desire, anger, and ignorance, and become a monk. He has now begun his training life at the mother temple of our ancient lineage, Su Dok Sah temple in Korea. This was where Kyong Ho Sunim lived and trained, and Man Gong Sunim, and Ko B**g Sunim, and Zen Master Seung Sahn, and also where Max‘s teacher, Hyon Gak Sunim did intensive retreats. As of this week, Max Haeng Ja Nim takes his place in the lineage of our monastic line, stretching back 2500 years to the Buddha himself. We wish Max Haeng Ja Nim all the very best, and hope that he maintains his health and good spirits until he is accepted for novice ordination in September or October 2026.

금주에, 우리 모두가 사랑하는 막스는 레겐스부르크 선원에서의 삼 년간의 정진을 마치고 이 티끌 많고 어리석은 세계를 뒤로하였습니다. 그곳에서 그는 하우스 마스터로 봉사하기도 했으며(그리고 참으로 훌륭한 요리사이기도 했습니다!). 이제 그는 자신의 ‘무명초(無明草)’를 끊고 산중으로 들어갔습니다.

그는 욕망과 분노와 무명의 세계를 떠나기 위한 전생의 깊은 업을 성취하기 위해 마지막 걸음을 내딛고 있으며, 출가하여 승려가 되고자 합니다. 이제 그는 우리 오래된 법맥의 모본 도량인 한국 수덕사에서 수행 생활을 시작했습니다.

이곳은 경허 선사께서 머물며 수행하셨던 곳이며, 만공 선사와 고봉 선사, 그리고 숭산 선사께서도 수행하셨던 도량입니다. 또한 막스의 스승이신 현각 스님께서도 이곳에서 집중 수행을 하셨습니다.

이 주부터 막스 행자님은 부처님께로부터 이어져 내려오는 이천오백 년의 우리 승가 법맥 속에 한 자리를 차지하게 되었습니다. 우리는 막스 행자님께서 건강과 밝은 마음을 잘 지니시어, 2026년 9월 또는 10월에 예정된 사미계 수계를 순조롭게 받으시기를 진심으로 기원합니다.

11/03/2026

A reader asks Hyon Gak Sunim, "From the Buddhist perspective, the sacrifice of Jesus has permanent bodhisattva value? Hab jang." The answer can be found in this FREE post on Hyon Gak Sunim's Patreon page.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/reply-to-reader-152767970?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

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