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Zen Master Chang Sik Kim, was born in South Korea in 1944. When he was thirteen he met his teacher, Zen Master Seung Sahn Lee, and entered the Hwa Gye temple in Seoul, Korea. When Zen Master Kim was 21, his teacher sent him on a 100 day meditation retreat. During this retreat the art of Shim Gum Do was revealed to Zen Master Kim through his meditation and he attained Mind Sword enlightenment.

In 1971, Shim Gum Do Founding Master Zen Master Chang Sik Kim officially introduced Shim Gum Do with the Proclamation of Shim Gum Do. Zen Master Kim established the Korean Shim Gum Do Association and began teaching Shim Gum Do in Korea. In 1974, Zen Master Kim came to the United States and began teaching Shim Gum Do, forming clubs at MIT and Brown University. In 1978 he established the American Buddhist Shim Gum Do Association and in 1991 he established the World Shim Gum Do Association unifying all of the worldwide Shim Gum Do Associations. In 1990, Great Zen Master Seung Sahn Lee, certified Master Kim’s enlightenment. This made him the 79th patriarch of this Dharma lineage.

Currently Zen Master Chang Sik Kim lives and teaches at his temple, Shim Gwang Sa, the Mind Light Temple in Brighton, Massachusetts. Zen Master Kim has also written 22,000 Zen Poems from 1990 to 2008 and still continues write today he has also published 11 books in English, 2 in Korean, 1 in Spainsh, French and Japanese.

Kim, C. S. & Kim, M. (1985). The art of Zen sword: The history of Shim Gum Do – part one. Brighton, MA: American Buddhist Shim Gum Do Association. Pyeon, J. B. (2007, February). Shim Gum Do – A light from the East. Modern Buddhism of America. 200. 62-66.  Lee, S. S. (2005, January). The passing to heaven and footsteps of the Monk Seung Sahn -- Won Gwang, Chang Sik Kim writing given from the Monk. Modern Buddhism of America. 175. 50-51.  Stackhouse-Kim, M. J. (n.d.). Shim Gum Do Founding Master Great Zen Master Chang Sik Kim 79th Patriarch. Retrieved from http://www.shimgumdo.org/transmission.html