Zen Master Daewon Moon Jae-hyeon was born on January 23,1936 and is a Korean Zen master in South Korea.
13 Facts About Daewon
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Zen Master Daewon educates and trains his disciples at Moonzen Zen Centers around the country.
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Daewon is active in participating in the resolution of climate change.
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For example, through IUPD, Zen Master Daewon opened the measures to prevent the desertification at the UNCCD and made an agreement with Burkina Faso and the Republic of Niger in order to stop the desertification.
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Daewon is recognized as a disciple of Zen Master Jeongang, the 77th patriarch and Zen Master of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism.
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Zen Master Daewon received Dharma Transmission from Zen Master Jeongang.
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When Master Daewon was 12, his father died in front of his eyes, and this experience left an indelible imprint on the young man's view of the world.
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The young Daewon thought this to be unusual and then saw a young monk furtively call him out, quietly waving at him from outside the hall.
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Daewon sunim followed the young monk into the mountain and found a gathering of twenty monks, waiting for him in stony silence.
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Daewon told Daewon that his first Song of Enlightenment was clear evidence of his enlightenment but that a Song of Enlightenment is customarily kept short.
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Immediately upon this request, Master Daewon produced the following song:.
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At his ordination ceremony in 2009, Zen Master Daewon was received into the Academic Lineages of Buddhist Doctrine by Zen Masters: Hoegwang Saseonbul and Yongseong Jinjong.
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Zen Master Daewon has translated and published collections of kong-ans, famous sutras, analects of Buddhist patriarchs and many profound Buddhist texts.