About the Author

Zen Master Seung Sahn (1927-2004) was the first teacher to bring Korean Zen Buddhism to USA, having established temples in Japan, Hong Kong. In 1972 he came to the USA and started what became the Providence Zen Center, the first center in what is now the Kwan Um School of Zen, which now includes more than eighty centers and groups worldwide. He was the 78th Zen master in his line of dharma transmission in the Chogye order of Korean Buddhism. His books include The Compass of Zen, Dropping Ashes on the Buddha , Only Don't Know, and The Whole World Is a Single Flower: 365 Kong-ans for Everyday Life