# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/seungsahn
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:23:12.111Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/seungsahn"
name: "Seungsahn"
slug: "seungsahn"
description: "Seungsahn Haengwon, born Duk-In Lee, was a Korean Seon master of the Jogye Order and founder of the international Kwan Um School of Zen. He was the seventy-eighth Patriarch in his lineage. As one of the early Korean Zen masters to settle in the United States, he opened many temples and practice groups across the globe. He was known for his charismatic style and direct presentation of Zen, which was well tailored for the Western audience."
tagline: "Korean Buddhist monk (1927-2004)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ZMSS.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Korea"
  isoCode: "KR"
birthDate: "1927-08-01"
deathDate: "2004-11-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.8
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.11447466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.kwanumzen.org"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seungsahn"
    title: "Seungsahn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "سيونجسان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seung_Sahn"
    title: "Seung Sahn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seung_Sahn"
    title: "Seung Sahn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seungsahn"
    title: "Seungsahn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seung_Sahn"
    title: "Seung Sahn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szung_Sz%C3%A1n_zen_mester"
    title: "Szung Szán zen mester"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%88%AD%EC%82%B0"
    title: "숭산"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seung_Sahn"
    title: "Seung Sahn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%83%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Сун Сан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B4%87%E5%B1%B1%E8%A1%8C%E9%A1%98"
    title: "崇山行願"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q486681"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump