Kwan Um School of Zen
Germany
Germany
5 October 2024, Berlin: Sangha Zen Day, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Registration & further information here
10 October 2024, Dresden: Zen Day, 6 a.m. – 5 p.m.
26 October 2024, Berlin: Zen Cooking Day with Avital (Korean menu – vegan & gluten free), 3-7 p.m. including dinner. Registration (until 22 October) & further information here
9 November 2024, Dresden: Zen Day, 6 a.m. – 5 p.m.
16 November 2024, Köln: Zen Day with Zen Master Gu Ja, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Information & registration: koeln@kwanumzen.de
16 November 2024, Berlin: Sangha Café, 3 – 5 p.m. (informal exchange)
22 November 2024, Berlin: Ceremony for the Dead, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
6-8 December 2024, Berlin: Zen Retreat with Zen-Master Gu Ja. Arrival on 6 Dec. until 6 p.m. Registration until 28 November. Further information & registration here
14 December 2024, Dresden: Zen Day, 6 a.m. – 5 p.m.
21 December 2024, Berlin: Sangha Café, 3 – 5 p.m. (informal exchange)
9 January 2025 – 6 March 2025, online & Berlin: online Zen Course for beginners. Information & Registration see below
Registration & Information:
retreats in Berlin: information: berlin@kwanumzen.de & 030-46 60 50 90. Registration: follow the link below the retreat announcement.
retreats in Köln: koeln@kwanumzen.de
retreats in Dresden: dresden@kwanumzen.de
9 x Thursdays 7:30-9 pm
9 January 2025 – 6 March 2025
online via Zoom, last meeting offline in Zen Center Berlin
maximum of 14 participants
language: German and perhaps English if enough English speaking participants register
costs: 90€, reduced 45€. In case of financial difficulties please contact us: berlin@kwanumzen.de
Questions & registration: berlin@kwanumzen.de
You would like to learn how to meditate and arrive completely within yourself and in the Here and Now? But you are unsure how exactly to do that and what to deal with all the upcoming thoughts, feelings, and distractions? You would like to learn different methods of Zen meditation, try them out under guidance and deepen them in a daily meditation session at home? You would appreciate some exchange about your meditation experience with others and get answers to your questions?
Then our beginners course to Zen meditation might be of interest to you. Starting on 9 January 2025 we will meet 8 times every Thursday 7:30 – 9 pm online via Zoom and learn different types of Zen meditation from a dharma teacher of the Kwan Um School of Zen Germany. Part of this course will be your daily meditation routine at home between the weekly meetings. We suggest about 10-30 minutes. You can meditate alone or together with other participants of the course online, on a self organized basis.
On the 9th Thursday we will meet offline in Zen Center Berlin in order to meditate together and get to know each other “in real life”. If you are not based in Berlin you can join this meeting also online.
You are interested in the course but would like to decide later whether to take part or not? Then you are welcome to write us to berlin@kwanumzen.de and we will write you an email a few weeks before the course starts to remind you.
Mon 7 – 8:30 pm (Zen Center Dresden)
Tue 7 – 9 pm (Zen Center Berlin) online only on demand – please write latest 1 day before to matthias@kwanumzen.de
Fri 6:30 – 9:20 pm (Zen Center Berlin) online only on demand – please write latest 1 day before to matthias@kwanumzen.de
Sun 10-11:45 (Zen Group Hamburg)
Kongan Interviews online with Arne Schaefer JDPSN: 1st & 3rd Monday every month
Dharma speech: 1st & 3rd Tuesday every Month
Kongan Interviews only OFFline: 2nd & 4th Friday every month
counseling Interviews only OFFline with Senior Dharma Teachers: 1st or 3rd Friday every month
If you come to one of our Centers for the first time we invite you to have an introduction to our style of Zen meditation first. Please view Centers / Groups for more information.
The Kwan Um Schoof of Zen Germany is a non-profit organization and we maintain us financially with membership fees, income from renting some of our rooms, practice fees and donations.
So we kindly ask you for paying a practice fee of about 5€ each time you come to meditate with us (also morning practice). You can pay in cash and for Zen Center Berlin also via paypal: kuzsde@gmail.com
Alternatively you can become a member (20€/month. Reduced fee 15€). Members do not pay any practice fee and get a discount on retreats.
Here you can download our membership contract (in German) which you can fill in and send via email to info@kwanumzen.de or to the contact person of your local sangha (see the site “groups”). You can also fill it in on paper in your Zen Center and give it to the abbot of your group.
Zen retreats and events in Europe: Kwan Um School of Zen Europe
Online-Sangha (english), including Live Events
Podcast (english): „Sit, Breathe, Bow“