One Mind Zen Collective is a community of Zen practitioners. Our ancestors start with Great Teacher Shakayamuni Buddha, run through Bodhidharma (first Chan Patriarch in China), Dayi Daoxin (4th Patriarch), and Huineng (6th Patriarch) to Wonhyo, Jinul, Man Gong, and Zen Master Seung Sahn from 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 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 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, hwadu, and kongan (koan) work.
As the One Mind Zen public meditation and service schedule is on hiatus at present, we meet on Zoom every week. Ven Eunsahn is working with private students, spanning the globe from Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Ohio, Rhode Island, Washington, DC, as well as locally in Western Mass.
We are a member of the East Mountain Sanghas.
Photos from top to bottom:
Shakyamuni Buddha, Great Teacher
Bodhidharma, First Ch'an Patriarch in China
Dayi Daoxin, Fourth Patriarch
Huineng, Sixth Patriarch
Chinul, Korean Patriarch
Man Gong, Zen Master & teacher of Seung Sahn
ZM Seung Sahn, Korean Partiarch in the West
Wonji Dharma, Founder of the Five Mountain Zen Order
Taesan Dharma, Guiding Teacher, Original Mind Zen Sangha
Myeong Jin Eunsahn, Guiding Teacher, One Mind Zen Collective.
East Mountain Sanghas clergy:
Guiding teachers: Myeong Jin Eunsahn, Ven. Won Yung Sunmin (Scudders Falls Zen)
Dharma teachers: Boepsunim Jinji Sunya, Boepsunim Haengdal Citta, Boepsunim Dae’An Citta, Cheolmin Prajna (Bayou Zen Sangha)
Rev. Malintha Hwamin Citta
Rev Min’Ui Maitri
Affiliated East Mountain 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.