Chon Mun Sunim JDPS received inka in April 2002. He began studying with Zen Master Seung Sahn in his native Poland in 1980. In 1986, he came to train at the Providence Zen Center. He has participated in many retreats both in the U.S. and in Korea, in addition to visiting Eastern European Zen centers. He took novice monk precepts in September 2009 in Magoksa in Korea. He is currently undergoing traditional Korean monk's training in kangwon (monastic training center) in Beomeosa temple in Busan.