Daehaeng

Daehaeng on the DRL

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English Phonetics	Daehaeng Kun Sunim
Title Prefix	Dae Seon Sa

Notes on Names

Dae Seon Sa (Great Zen Master)

Dates

Birth:	1927/02/03
Death:	2012/05/22
Place of birth:	Seoul, Korea

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About

Religious Affiliation

Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism

Teachers

Hanam Jungwon

Biographical Information

Daehaeng Kun Sunim (대행, 大行; 1927–2012) was a Korean Buddhist nun and Seon (禪) master. She taught monks as well as nuns, and helped to increase the participation of young people and men in Korean Buddhism. She made laypeople a particular focus of her efforts, and broke out of traditional models of spiritual practice, teaching so that anyone could practice, regardless of monastic status or gender. She was also a major force for the advancement of Bhikkunis (nuns), heavily supporting traditional nuns’ colleges as well as the modern Bhikkuni Council of Korea. The temple she founded, Hanmaum Seon Center, grew to have 15 branches in Korea, with another 10 branches in other countries. [(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daehaeng Source Accessed Nov 24, 2020])

Publications

Works in English Primary Works

• No River to Cross: Trusting the Enlightenment That's Always Right Here (2007, Wisdom Publications)
• Wake Up and Laugh: The Dharma Teachings of Zen Master Daehaeng (2014, Wisdom Publications)
• A Thousand Hands of Compassion: The Chant of Korean Spirituality and Enlightenment (2008, Korean/English, Hanmaum Publications)
• My Heart Is a Golden Buddha: Buddhist Stories from Korea (2012, Hanmaum Publications)

Secondary Works

• Educating Unborn Children: A Sŏn Master's Teachings on T'aegyo, by Chong Go (2006), in Religions of Korea in Practice, Buswell, Robert, (ed). 144-162.
• Sŏn Master Daehaeng’s ‘Doing without Doing’ , by Chong Go (2010), in Makers of Modern Korean Buddhism, Park, Jin Young, (ed). SUNY Press, 227-242.
• Forum on the Thousand Hands Sutra: Frankfurt Bookfair 2009, (2009, English/German, Hanmaum International Culture Institute)

Works in Korean Principle Works

• 신행요전 Hanmaum Seonwon, 1987 (Ceremonies and Essentials)
• 한마음요전 Hanmaum Seonwon, 1993, (The Principles of Hanmaum[One Mind])
• 허공을 걷는 길, V. 1-15 Hanmaum Seonwon, 2005~, (Stepping Forward into Emptiness: The Collected Dharma Talks of Daehaeng Sunim)

Major Secondary Works

• 道 : 김정빈長篇實名小說 by Kim Jeong Bin, Kŭlsure, 1985, (The Way: A Story of Finding the Path, by Kim Jeong Bin)
• 한마음 : 大行스님對談集, by Che-yŏl Yi, Kŭlsure, 1988 (One Mind: Conversations with Daehaeng Sunim)
• 無 : 大行스님法語集 by Kim Jeong Bin, Kŭlsure, 1991 (Nothing: The Dharma Teachings of Daehaeng Sunim)
• 한마음과 대행禪 edited by Hye Seon, Unjusa, 2013 (One Mind and Daehaeng's Seon)

Links

Wiki Pages

• Daehaeng on the DRL
• Daehaeng on the LIB
• Daehaeng on the BNW

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