Zen Master Bon Haeng (Mark Houghton)

Zen Master Bon Haeng, Mark Houghton, became a student of Zen Master Seung Sahn's in 1976 and was an early member of the Cambridge Zen Center where he lived for 14 years and was abbot for 12. He received inka, or permission to teach, in 1990. Zen Master Bon Haeng received transmission from Zen Master Seung Sahn in 2000. Today he is retired but continues to serve as the guiding teacher of the Open Meadow Zen Group in Lexington, MA, the co-guiding teacher the Providence Zen Center. If you are considering either short or long-term residence in a Zen community please visit: https://providencezen.org/ You can find ZM Bon Haeng's practice and retreat schedule by visiting: http://www.openmeadowzen.com/ Sit, Breathe, Bow is hosted by Ian White Maher: https://www.theseekerstable.com/ Sit, Breathe, Bow is sponsored by the Online Sangha of the International Kwan Um School of Zen https://kwanumzenonline.org