Kathy Park JDPSN
“Making a strong effort means to put a sincere effort of attention into each moment to wake up. When you lose it, return immediately. Leave no gap. Consider each moment as the last, because in our life, there is only this moment. Put effort into just this moment, that’s all. Then try again.”
Kathy Park JDPSN began practicing Zen in the Kwan Um School of Zen in 1999 in Paris. Her experiences include living and training in both residential lay Zen communities and monastic temples in the U.S, Europe and Asia. She received inka (permission to teach) in 2016 in Korea from Zen Master Dae Bong. Together with her husband Andrzej Stec JDPSN, they guide Zen groups in-person and online in Seoul, Gangnam and Daejeon in Korea. Kathy Park JDPSN is also the abbot of Kwan Um Zen Online, the global online sangha for the Kwan Um School of Zen. She is passionate about building a global spiritual community through supporting one another with collective wisdom, diversity and creativity.
Become Buddha: Purpose of Zen
A podcast interview for Beyond Perception with Simon Rilling.
Right Effort: Direction + Try Mind = Enlightenment
Making effort in our practice requires a few conditions.
Mindfulness, awareness – which one is correct?
Zen means to wake up.
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