Zen Center Berlin
Chong Hye Sah: Main temple of the Kwan Um Zen School Germany
In the great work of life and death, time does not wait for you.
If you die tomorrow, what body will you get?
Isn’t this all very important?
Hurry up! Hurry up!
Blue sky and green sea are the Buddha’s original face.
The sound of the waterfall and the singing of the bird are the great sutras.
Where are you going?
Pay attention to your steps.
Water flows into the sea, clouds drift in the sky.
Zen Master Seung Sahn
The Zen Center Berlin (Chong Hye Sah) was founded in the spring of 1990. It is the headquarters of the Kwan Um Zen School Germany and has been the main temple of the European Kwan Um Zen School since 2008.
In addition to regular Zen practice, we organize Zen meditation days (Yong Maeng Jong Jin) with authorized masters from our school.
The Zen Center Berlin is open to everyone. It is a place where people come together, live together and practise Zen together.
You are cordially invited to come by and find out more about our practice and the Zen Center Berlin. We will be happy to answer your questions (see contact).
SENIOR TEACHER: Zen Master Gu Ja
Introduction to meditation
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| Berlin | 6.30 – 7:00 pm* |
*When you come to us for the first time, please take part in an introduction to get to know our style of Korean Zen meditation. Please be there around 6:15 pm so that we can start on time at 6:30 pm. Registration is not necessary.
Regular morning practice
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| Berlin | 5:30 – 7:30 am* | 5:30 – 7:30 am* | 5:30 – 7:30 am* | 5:30 – 7:30 am* | 5:30 – 7:30 am* |
(*second admission 5:55 pm, online participation possible without registration)
Regular evening practice
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| Berlin | 7:00 – approx. 8.30 pm * | 6:30 pm – approx. 9:10 pm o’clock** |
*Dharma talk with our Zen teachers: every 1st & 3rd Tuesday of the month following meditation
**Kongan interviews with our Zen teachers: every 2nd & 4th Friday of the month. Kongan & advisory interviews on site only.
Online participation in the evening practice via Zoom on request.
Please write at least 1 day in advance to: matthias@kwanumzen.de
Zen retreats
Dates for Zen retreats in Berlin and throughout Germany: see
Retreats / Events.
Registration is required.
Approach
Navigation via Google Maps
By subway:
Line 9, station “Nauener Platz”.
Take the Gottschedstr. exit and follow Reinickendorfer Straße until you see Gottschedstr. on the left-hand side.
Gottschedstr. 4 is a former factory site (Rotaprint company).
Walk to the 2nd backyard until a taller white building appears on the right. The entrance to the Zen Center is at the back of this building.
By car:
Coming from the A 100 highway, take the Seestraße exit and drive straight ahead until you reach the Reinickendorfer Straße intersection. Then turn right into Reinickendorfer Straße until you cross Schulstraße. The next street on the left is Gottschedstraße.
Coming from the center of Berlin (Mitte): Drive along Brunnenstr./Badstr. After Pankstraße turn left into Exerzierstraße. The next street on the left is Gottschedstraße.
The parking spaces in the vicinity of the Zen Center are subject to a charge. (Cost: 2€ per hour)
Contact us
E-mail contacts:
General Information: berlin@kwanumzen.de
Living, overnight stay, online practice: matthias@kwanumzen.de
location / Address:
Zen-Zentrum Berlin
Gottschedstr.4, Aufgang 5,
13357 Berlin, Deutschland
phone: (030) 46 60 50 90
Website: www.kwanumzen.de/zentren-gruppen/berlin/
Living and practicing at the Zen Center Berlin
Information, photos etc. about the Zen Center Berlin can also be found on our German Facebook page.
Costs
The Kwan Um Zen Schule Deutschland e.V. is a non-profit organization and we are financed by membership fees, rental income, practice fees and donations.
We therefore ask you to pay a practice fee of €5 each time you come to meditate with us (including morning practice and online practice).
Alternatively, you are welcome to become a member (25€/month, reduced rate 15€), whereby the practice fee is waived and you receive discounts on retreats.
Here you can download our membership application form and send it completed to info@kwanumzen.de. Alternatively, you can also fill out the membership application on site at the Zen Center Berlin in paper form and hand it in there.
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