The Soen (Jogye) master Daehaeng Kun Sunim is reported to have died last week. She was unfortunately not well known outside of the Korean Zen community in part due to cultural barriers. Her basic biography and a couple of her teachings can be found here.
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Daehaeng Kun Sunim
by kirtu » Mon May 28, 2012 4:22 am
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Dharmapada 9:3
“All beings are Buddhas, but obscured by incidental stains. When those have been removed, there is Buddhahood.”
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Re: Daehaeng Kun Sunim
by Astus » Mon May 28, 2012 3:46 pm
Oh, my number one living Chan master. Sad news indeed. 
On the funeral:
http://wakeupandlaugh.wordpress.com/201 ... -last-day/
On the funeral:
http://wakeupandlaugh.wordpress.com/201 ... -last-day/
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(Yangshan Huiji, X1405p58b18-19; tr. JC Cleary: A Tune Beyond the Clouds, p 43)
"While teachers of the middle way, mind only, transcendent wisdom, mantra, and other schools may have their own assertions, the fulfillment of those intentions is the same. There is not a single thing that is not contained within mind."
(Gampopa to Düsum Khyenpa, in "The First Karmapa", KTD Pub, p 254)
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