Kwan Um Zen School

The Kwan Um School of Zen (관음 선종 회, KUSZ, Kwan Um School of Zen) was in 1983 from which Korea originating Zen -Master Seungsahn in Providence , USA , was founded.

The school now has numerous centers around the world, with a focus on the US, Europe and Asia. The main European temple was established in Paris in 1997 . The main European temple has been located in Berlin on the ExRotaprint site since 2008 .

The school's lead teacher is Zen master Soeng Hyang , and the lead teacher in Europe is Zen master Wu Bong .

Mu Soeng, a longtime monk, describes the Kwan Um School as a unique blend of Pure Land and Zen elements singing the name of the Bodhisattva of Compassion and vigorous prostration characteristic of Korean popular Buddhist practice.

Web links

supporting documents

^ Kwan Um School of Zen Europe - Berlin Zen Center. (No longer available online.) In: kwanumeurope.org. Archived from the original on September 29, 2015 ; accessed on September 28, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
^ Patricia O'Connell: Religion and Public Life in the Pacific Northwest. Pp. 119, 136.

literature

Patricia O'Connell: Religion and Public Life in the Pacific Northwest: The None Zone AltaMira Press 2004, ISBN 0-7591-0625-8 .

[1] Kwan Um School of Zen Europe - Berlin Zen Center. (No longer available online.) In: kwanumeurope.org. Archived from the original on September 29, 2015 ; accessed on September 28, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[2] Patricia O'Connell: Religion and Public Life in the Pacific Northwest. Pp. 119, 136.