Kwan Um Zen School

Membership

Become a member of the Kwan Um Zen School Germany

The first temple precept is to maintain a bodhi mind – the commitment to practise in order to attain enlightenment and save all beings from suffering. Making this commitment is an important step that gives us direction and courage. Over time, our practice becomes our direction. We can help this world moment by moment with growing wisdom and compassion.

Become a member!

Through your membership you support the practice and teaching of the Kwan Um Zen School Germany in the tradition of Zen Master Seung Sahn:

  • Regular practice and meditation
  • Dharma talks and interviews with our masters
  • Retreats, Sangha days and other events
  • Accommodation in the Zen Center, if available
  • Exchange with other Buddhist groups in the DBU
  • Part of an international community with over 100 centers

– As a member, you are entitled to discounts* on Zen retreats and events at your Zen center and other Zen centers of the Kwan Um School of Zen.
(*Members are entitled to discounts after paying one quarter – i.e. 3 months – of the membership fee).

– Regular Kong-an interviews in connection with meditation practice.

– They also automatically become members of the international Kwan Um School of Zen and participate in its efforts to bring this teaching to new students in other parts of the world.

Here you can download our membership application form:

Membership application

and send it to info@kwanumzen.de or to the e-mail address of your respective group (see “Groups”). Alternatively, you can also fill in and hand in a paper membership application form on site at our Zen centers and groups.

Membership fee: €25 per month / reduced €15 (reduction on application)

Family membership:
One partner in the joint household pays the full fee, the other partner only pays 50% of the regular fee. Minor children are exempt from contributions. Adult children pay 50% of the regular fee. Double reductions are not possible.

For more information, please contact your local Zen center or Zen group.

You can pay the membership fee here (don’t forget your name!):

Bank details at GLS Bank:

Kwan Um Zen Schule Deutschland e.V.
IBAN: DE23 4306 0967 1121 7926 00
BIC: GENODEM1GLS

Retreat Program
of the Kwan Um Zen School Germany