http://www.terebess.hu/english/lachs.html
"Some
years later, Seung
Sahn
too was caught up in sexual scandals, having, over a period of
years, simultaneous affairs with a number of his students directing
his satellite Centers spread across the country. Seung Sahn's
explanation was that the women needed his power to keep the Centers
running.(sic!) This affair was very divisive to his
followers causing many people to leave."
Wikipedia:
"The first revelations of sexual relationships between Seung
Sahn and students came about in 1988. According to former director
of Cambridge Zen Center Sonia Alexander, Seung Sahn had carried out
long-term sexual relationships with a number of his female
followers. One former student claims that when confronted with the
issue, Seung Sahn stated that he engaged in such behavior to find
people he could trust and that he was beyond lust. These
relationships caused Alexander to end her involvement with the Kwan
Um School, believing in retrospect that she had been used over the
years only to help build more Zen Centers for the
lineage."
