This book is the result of many years of work by Zen master Sung San in different countries and across different continents: America, Europe, Asia, and even Russia. It presents the main directions of Buddhism, but most of it is devoted to the Zen tradition and practice. Perhaps the most valuable thing is that this book reflects the style and method of the Master—something that for many years has inspired his students and followers to seek truth and understanding of their own “self.”
The book will be interesting not only to people who practice Buddhism, but also to everyone who would like to know what Zen is as a living transmission of the Buddha’s teaching—what it is, as Bodhidharma said, “a direct pointing to reality without relying on scriptures.”
Sung San Tae Son Sa Nim (Korean: 숭산행원대선사) (1 August 1927 — 30 November 2004) — a Zen master of the Korean Buddhist order Jogye. Founder of the international Zen school Kwan Um. The seventy-eighth teacher in the lineage of the teaching from Shakyamuni Buddha. The first among Zen masters of Korean Buddhism to start teaching in the West. Taught intensively around the world starting in 1972 until his death. In recognition of his merits in spreading the teaching, the Jogye order granted him the title Tae Son Sa Nim (Great Honored Teacher).