Igor Pininski JDPSN graduated in acting from a famous Lodz film school. Right now he is working in his own film studio in Lodz, focusing on educational films. He lives with his wife in the countryside nearby. He has been the abbot of the Lodz Zen Center for last 14 years and is a member of the Polish Zen Kwan Um Sangha Council. He started practicing in Lodz Zen Center in 1995 and has participated in over 120 YMJJs in Lodz led by Kwan Um School of Zen teachers, and also every year in the Kyol Che in Falenica. On March 9 2013, Igor Pininski received inka from Zen Master Bon Shim in Do Am Sah Temple in Poland. This means he is a qualified Zen teacher in the tradition of the Kwan Um School of Zen, which includes Kong An teaching and leading Zen retreats and ceremonies.