Jinje seonsa

Seon Master Jinje(1934~) is the greatest living master of Seon Buddhism secluded in Korea. He is revered as one of the preeminent Buddhist teachers in the world. He was born in 1934 in Korea, and became a monk when he was 19 years old, fully enlightened at the age of 33 and stands in the 79th Patriarch in the direct lineage of the Great Buddha. He is a renowned teacher of meditation, a living sage skilled in the ancient practices of the Seon lineage that was transmitted from India to China and then to Korea. Seon Master Jinje is one of the only Enlightened Great Masters of Ganhwa Seon alive today. Seon (Zen) flourishes on the Korean peninsula, with thousands of monks and nuns following a rigorous schedule of daily meditative practice in hundreds of mountain monasteries.

Profile

  • 1934 Born in Namhae, South Gyeongsang Province, Republic of Korea
  • 1954 Enters Haein Monastery, receives novice ordination from Seon Master Seogu
  • 1957 Receives full bhikksu ordination at Tongdo Monastery
  • 1959 Begins practice under guidance of Seon Master Hyanggok
  • 1967 Receives Dharma transmission from Master Hyanggok, continuing the lineage of masters Gyeongheo, Hyewol, Unbong, and Hyanggok. Recognized in Korea as the 79th Patriarch in The Dharma lineage deriving from Sakyamuni Buddha.
  • 1971 Founded the monastery of Haeun Jeongsa
  • 1979 Josil (Guiding Seon Master) of Geumo Seon Hall at Haeun Jeongsa
  • 1991 Chairman of the Board, Institute of Seon Studies. Appointed Guiding Master of Central Seon Center
  • 1994 Josil (Guiding Seon Master) of Donghwa Monastery
  • 1995 Appointed Josil (Guiding Seon Master) of the "Fundamental Seon Practice," responsible for overseeing the Seon training of meditation monks in the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism.
  • 1998 Invited to be a presiding Seon Master for the First Open Seon Conference, held at Baekyang Monastery
  • 2000 Invited to be a presiding Seon Master for the Second Open Seon Conference, held at Baekyang Monastery
  • 2000 Invited to be Josil (Guiding Seon Master) of the Taego Seon Hall at Bongam Monastery
  • 2002 Presiding Seon Master of the International Open Seon Conference, held at Haeun Jeongsa
  • 2003 Becomes a member of the Council of Elders, Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism
  • 2004 Awarded the title of Daejongsa, "most eminent monk,” by the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism
  • 2009 Presiding Seon Master of the "Hundred-Seat Dharma Assembly" held in the BEXCO Center, Busan, South Korea
  • 2011 Presiding Seon Master of the "Ganhwa Seon and World Peace Assembly" held in The Riverside Church, NYC, U.S.A.

Books

  • A Stone Man Fetches Water, A Wooden Maiden Picks Flowers
  • Moon pulled out from an Old Pond (古潭?月)
  • Seon, One Hundred Questions and Answers (禪百問百答)
  • The Stone man laughs (石人大笑)