Chong An Sunim JDPS

Chong An Sunim became a monk in 1994 and spent the next six years training under the guidance of Zen Master Seung Sahn at the Seoul International Zen Center. He received Inka on August 26, 1999, from Zen Master Seung Sahn, becoming the first Hungarian to be given the authority of Ji Do Poep Sa Nim in the history of Korean Buddhism.

Since 2000, his primary residence has been in Europe.  First, he lived and taught at Bo Kwang Soen Won, Budapest, Hungary. In 2005, he launched the Won Kwang Sa temple project which aims at building the first international Zen temple of the Kwan Um School of Zen in Europe. In 2008, Chong An Sunim moved into Won Kwang Sa. He teaches in Hungary, elsewhere in Europe, Asia and the United States.