Sung Thomas Chang, Ⅱ resides in Seoul, Korea where he serves as The Pastor of Saenoori Reformed Church. In his primary school years, he was taught by Confucian scholar Sohweso(So-hwe-so). In his Jr. high school years, he was in the ocean of Buddhist cannons and Taoist cannons.
Just before his 16th birthday, he was "hit by the thunderbolt" in zazen. Since he had waited 20 years then came this book:
The Sutra of 108 Songs (According to Buddhist Legends one should wait 20 years after the enlightenment before writing a Zen book.)
Yes, He is a Christian.
Yes, He authored this Sutra as a Buddhist.
Sung Thomas Chang, Ⅱ was on his way to becoming a Buddhist monk, but something(his Christian experience) happened, instead he became a presbyterian pastor (His father was a well-known methodist pastor).
Sung Thomas Chang, Ⅱ is a preacher and pastor, philosopher and theologian, speaker and author, in that order.
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