The Kwan Um School Of Zen In Europe

Getting Started

Introduction to Meditation

How to start meditating

Most of us come to a point in our lives when we experience great questions about who we are and where we’re going.

After many years of living with unexamined assumptions, we find ourselves face-to-face with one of these great questions: What am I? Where am I going? What am I for? Why have things gone wrong? How can I deal with this situation?

The answers that the Buddha found to his questions are still discovered today by those who are prepared to genuinely seek them. This way is deeper than thought and words, it is our true original nature.

Forms of Zen Practice

In the Kwan Um School we make use of four forms of Zen practice. All these forms of practice are also taught and shared outside Zen centers in prisons, universities, hospitals and inter-faith services in the community.

Find a Zen Center near you

We are an international community with close to 100 temples, meditation centers and groups world-wide. Please see the map below to find your closest Zen center, or visit our Regions page to find regional contact info. If you can’t find a location near you, you may be able to join our Online Sangha. Please contact us for more information.

Join a Zen retreat

We are an international community with close to 100 locations world-wide. Please see the map below to find your closest Zen center, or visit our Regions page to find regional contact info. If you can’t find a location near you, you may be able to join our Online Sangha. Please contact us for more information.