Zen Master Soeng Hyang

Zen Master Soeng Hyang — Bobby Rhodes — is the School Zen Master and Guiding Teacher of the International Kwan Um School of Zen.  Soeng Hyang SSN is a regular visitor to Europe to lead retreats here.

She received dharma transmission from Zen Master Seung Sahn on October 10, 1992.  She was one of Zen Master Seung Sahn's first American students, having studied with him since 1972.  She helped found Providence Zen Center and lived there for seventeen years, serving in a number of administrative capacities.  Zen Master Soeng Hyang has a daughter and lives with her partner in Massachusetts, USA.