One Mind Zen is a community of Zen practitioners. Our ancestors start with Great Teacher Shakayamuni Buddha, run through Bodhidharma (first Ch'an Patriarch in China), Saoxin (4th Patriarch), and Huineng (6th Patriarch) to Chinul & Man Gong in Korea.
Zen Master Seung Sahn emigrated from Korea in the early 1970's to become one of the first teachers of Sǒn (Korean Zen) in America. He was one of the teachers of Ven. Wonji Dharma, teacher of. Taesan Dharma, who in turn is the teacher to the Abbot and Guiding Teacher of One Mind Zen Collective, Myeong Jin Eunsahn. Eunsahn has practiced in the Soto and Sǒn traditions with Monmouth Zen Circle, Original Mind Zen Sangha, and now at One Mind Zen. He originally received the Bodhisattva Precepts from Dairyu Michael Wenger in 2009, and was ordained in the Venerable Taesan in 2013. Ven. Eunsahn received the bhiksu precepts in 2020 and certification as Dharma Holder in 2021, both from Wonji Dharma. Upon receiving transmission in 2022, he was given the new Dharma name of Myeong Jin Eunsahn.
One Mind Zen practice includes meditation, chanting, bowing, and kongan (koan) work.
As the One Mind Zen public meditation and service schedule is on hiatus at present, Ven Eunsahn is working with private students, spanning the globe from Sri Lanka to Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Ohio, as well as locally in Western Mass.
Photos from top to bottom:
Shakyamuni Buddha, Great Teacher
Bodhidharma, First Ch'an Patriarch in China
Huineng, Sixth Patriarch
Chinul, Korean Patriarch
Man Gong, Zen Master & teacher of Seung Sahn
ZM Seung Sahn, Korean Partiarch in the West
Ven Wonji Dharma, Founder of the Five Mountain Zen Order
Ven Taesan Dharma, Guiding Teacher, Original Mind Zen Sangha
Ven Myeong Jin Eunsahn, Abbott, guiding teacher, One Mind Zen Collective.
Dàoxìn, Fourth Patriarch
Our ordained Sangha members:
Ven. Won Yung Sunmin
Rev. Malintha Hwamin Perera
Rev Haengdal Citta
Rev Min’Ui Maitri
Rev. Ron Kisen Stevenson
Rev Michael Haeng Ui Lucas
Novitiate Kevin Hae Soeng Sheridan
Affiliated Sanghas:
About the Home Page artwork-- "Enso of the Modern World" Janine Ibbotson is an artist based in Boulder, CO. Her website is 1enso.org During the day, she works at Naropa University. The chop (seal) used on the image says "No dust" which is a reference to a couple Zen "no dust" stories with with Huineng and Hashan.