What is "seongcheol"

Seongcheol (April 6, 1912 – November 4, 1993) is the dharma name of a Korean Seon ( Zen) Master. He was a key figure in modern Korean Buddhism, being responsible for significant changes to it from the 1950s to 1990s.

Seongcheol was widely recognized in Korea as having been a living Buddha, due to his extremely ascetic lifestyle, the duration and manner of his meditation training, his central role in reforming Korean Buddhism in the post- World War II era, and the quality of his oral and written teachings.