Dušan Silváši JDPSN was born in Košice, Slovakia. In 1992 he started practicing with the Kwan Um School of Zen, first with Zen Master Wu Bong and later with Oleg Šuk JDPSN.
He works as an IT specialist and has also been a teacher for Karate for many years. He has been the abbot of Košice Zen Center for 17 years. He has 2 children with his wife Olga (also a longtime Zen practitioner) and together with her he has been working on spreading the teaching of Zen to a much wider audience with projects involving Yoga, Karate and recently also with IT professionals.
He received in inka from Zen Master Gu Ja in September 2022.
