Samu (sunim)
Samu | |
|---|---|
| Title | Sunim |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Sam-Woo Chin-Sam Kim 3 March 1941 |
| Died | 6 August 2022 (aged 81) |
| Nationality | Korean |
| Spouse | Marianne Bluger (1968 - 1986) Sanha Sunim (Jung-Soon Park) (1999 - 2008) |
| Children | Michael Adam (Maji) Kim (b. 1969 d. 2024) Micheline (Agi) Kim (b. 1970) |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| School | Seon |
| Senior posting | |
| Teacher | Solbong |
| Based in | New York, New York |
| Successor | Toan José Castelão |
| Website | www |
The Venerable Samu Sunim (3 March 1941 – 6 August 2022), born Sam-Woo Kim, was a Korean Seon sunim previously of the Jogye Order. He claimed to have received Dharma transmission from Zen Master Weolha Sunim in 1983. He taught primarily in Canada and the United States, having opened centers in Toronto, New York City, Ann Arbor, Michigan and Chicago, Illinois as well as Mexico City.