Zen Master Seung Sahn is the founding teacher of our School. In 1972 he came to the United States and started the Providence Zen Center, the first center of what is now the Kwan Um School of Zen. Dae Soen Sa Nim gave transmission to several of his students. Zen Master Wu Bong is the guiding teacher of several Zen centers and groups of the European Sangha. Training in Zen meditation is offered through meditation instructions, daily morning and evening practice, public talks, teaching interviews, sittings, retreats and workshops.
Programs are open to anyone regardless of previous experience.