22-Jun-2025

We have graduated!

The 49 students of the 17th Introduction to Zen Meditation course at Su Bong Zen Monastery, after attending four consecutive Thursday evening lessons, and the one-day retreat held at Hae Su Zen Center, have successfully completed the course and graduated on June 22th, 2025.

The Introduction to Zen Meditation course was taught by Zen Master Dae Kwan and Bon Sun JDPS. Grounded in the Zen tradition’s principle of ‘pointing directly to the mind, seeing our true nature and becoming Buddha’, the course incorporated real-life examples, teaching students the method of using ‘ABCD&E’ to ‘return to zero’, as well as provided guidance regarding right direction in life and practice.

In class, the students deepened their experience of different forms of practice such as bowing, walking meditation, sitting meditation and chanting, reconnecting with their true nature and experiencing the original mind before thinking.

We look forward to gathering with everyone again in future monastery activities, practising diligently together, integrating Zen practice into daily life and encouraging one another!