Hwansan Sunim was born and raised in the United States and he is the disciple and attendant of Seon Master Songdam, the most respected Buddhist meditation teacher in Korea. Hwansan Sunim explains in English the techniques and applications of traditional Seon or Korean Zen Buddhist meditation in lectures delivered at The International Seon Center (Director: Subul Sunim) in Dongguk University, the Jeongkakweon Dharma Hall at Dongguk University, and the Yeongsan Seon Meditation Center (Directors: Seongkwang Sunim and Yeohaeng Sunim) in Seoul, Korea.