No matter what anybody says and no matter how well anything can be explained, it is finally all up to you.

The wonderful thing about Buddha’s teaching is that Buddha taught us not to accept something just because a wise person or an expert said it. Don’t accept something because a holy book says that it’s true, or because of tradition.

You must find the truth for yourself.

Zen Master Wu Bong

The Cologne Zen Group of the Kwan Um Zen School was created many years ago. In 1991 the Berlin sangha organized a lecture and a Yong Maeng Jong Jin (Zen Retreat) with Zen Master Wu Bong, without having a single contact in Cologne.

Those interested began a regular meditation practice in Cologne and a stable meditation group developed.

New Location: Aikido Centrum Köln, Neusser Str. 478, 50733 Köln

Tuesdays: 7:30 – 9:30 pm
(includes bowing, chanting, sitting meditation, walking meditation)

1st Tuesday every month: 1 x 30 Min + 30 Min circle talk
2nd Tuesday every month: Introduction for Newcomers. Recitation of 2 Sutras
3rd Tuesday every month: normal practis
4th Tuesday every month: normal practis + informal interviews

by arrangement before evening practice. Please contact us in advance by email or by telephone.

GUIDING TEACHER: Zen Master Ji Kwang

CONTACT: Sascha Bruhn

E-mail: koeln@kwanumzen.de
Practice: Aikido Centrum Köln, Neusser Str. 478, 50733 Köln
Phone: +49 (0)170 – 456 5432
Website: www.kwanumzen.de/koeln/

registration here

Do you have any questions about the Zen course? You are welcome to write us to berlin@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 or Köln (also online possible if you are not in Berlin or Köln)

language: German and perhaps English if enough English speaking participants register (please contact us before registration)

costs: 90€, reduced 45€ (unemployed, students, very difficult financial situation)

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 or Köln in order to meditate together and get to know each other “in real life”. If you are not based in Berlin or Köln you can join this meeting also online. The course will be in German. In case of non-German speakers: please contact us before registration (berlin@kwanumzen.de) and ask whether there will be enough English speaking participants as to have an English translation.