About Us
REOPENING ON SATURDAY – September 11, 2010 at 10:00am!
We are a small Zen (Korean: Seon) Buddhist community. The initial concept was to form a lay meditation group of Zen practitioners following the Korean Zen (Seon) Buddhist teachings. Our practice is influenced by the teachings of Zen Master Kusan as well as other meditation teachers like Martine & Stephen Batchelor, Venerable Hyon Gak Sunim and Venerable Byong Oh Sunim. We use Zen forms, yet are fluid in our ability to adapt to changes within the form.
Being in a small village called Grossschoenbrunn, an Administrative District Oberpfalz, in Bavaria Germany, we use a less stringent approach to our practice, placing more emphasis on the development of loving kindness and compassion along with attentiveness to the spiritual growth of each community member. Our Sangha is from various professions and religious backgrounds. We dedicate our lives to religious practice, practice of the Dharma and beneficence to all beings. May all beings realize their true nature!
Take a good look at yourself,
all truths are within you.
To look for truth outside yourself is to search
for water outside of the ocean.
by Master Seongcheol (1912-1993)
