Zen Master Bon Shim met Zen Master Seung Sahn Sunim in 1978 and started practising under his guidance. She moved to Warsaw Zen Centre in 1988 and served as an abbot for many years. In 1992 she received Inka from Zen Master Seung Sahn Sunim and was Guiding Teacher in Warsaw Zen Centre until 2012. She received transmission in 2006 from Zen Master Wu Bong Sunim. She continually travels, teaches extensively in Europe and USA, recently also in Korea.