SK Teoh JDPSN
Teacher, Representative for Asia, Treasurer (in Board of Directors)
SK JDPSN is from Malaysia and received inka in 2015. He worked in the UK after completing university there. In 1992, he began to practice Zen after encountering Zen Master Seung Sahn in Hong Kong, serving in the first directors’ group at Su Bong Zen Monastery. He became a monk in February 1997 and trained as one for twenty eight years, sixteen of which were in Korea. He served in various positions at Mu Sang Sa and returned to Malaysia in 2013, founding Haeng Won Zen Centre in Penang where he is the guiding teacher. He returned to lay life in 2024, continues to teach Zen and pursue his interests in the climate, environment, death and dying.
Role in KUZO: Teacher, Representative for Asia,, Treasurer (in Board of Directors)
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Currently located: Penang, Malaysia
Favorite teaching: Gratefulness, and “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” - Mahatma Gandhi
Get to Know SK
If you could swap lives with a fictional character for a day, who would it be?
Forrest Gump
What do you care about most?
Dogs and other animals
What’s a small, everyday moment that brings you joy?
The random kindness of strangers
What’s something you are currently excited about?
Sharing the joys of comedy, dance, and music with others
What’s a big dream or project you are working toward?
Encouraging everyone to have a care for each other since we are genetically 99.9% the same
What’s a challenge you’ve overcome that you are proud of? Learning not to take myself or the stuff that happens too seriously.
