Tel Aviv Zen Center
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Tel Aviv Zen Center is a Kwan Um School of Zen
practice center located in Israel
, and is the sole Zen center in the Middle East
affiliated with the school. The center was established in 1999, and the guiding teacher is Revital Dan.http://www.zencenter.org.il/
Kwan Um School of Zen
The Kwan Um School of Zen is an international school of Zen centers and groups, founded in 1983 by Seung Sahn Soen Sa Nim. The school's international head temple is located at the Providence Zen Center in Cumberland, Rhode Island, which was founded in 1972 shortly after Seung Sahn first came to...
practice center located in Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
, and is the sole Zen center in the Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
affiliated with the school. The center was established in 1999, and the guiding teacher is Revital Dan.http://www.zencenter.org.il/
See also
- Cambridge Zen CenterCambridge Zen CenterCambridge Zen Center is an urban meditation center in Cambridge, Massachusetts close to Harvard University, part of the Kwan Um School of Zen. Free meditation training and dharma talks are offered to the public and the Zen Center also provides a large residential training program.-See also:*...
- Chogye International Zen CenterChogye International Zen CenterChogye International Zen Center is a Kwan Um School of Zen practice center founded by Seung Sahn in 1975, located in New York City. The center offers a daily practice regimen, as well as retreats and workshops...
- MusangsaMusangsaMusangsa is a Zen Buddhist temple near Daejeon, South Korea, an affiliate of the Kwan Um School of Zen. The temple holds various silent retreats throughout the year and is open to guests on Saturdays at the approval of the head abbot. The temple also hosts many foreign practitioners of the Kwan Um...
- Providence Zen CenterProvidence Zen CenterProvidence Zen Center is the international headquarters for the Kwan Um School of Zen and the first Zen center established by Seung Sahn in the United States in October 1972. The PZC offers residential training where students and teachers live together under one roof, which was one of the...
- Seung SahnSeung SahnSeung Sahn Haeng Won Dae Soen-sa , born Dok-In Lee, was a Korean Jogye Seon master and founder of the international Kwan Um School of Zen—the largest Zen institution present in the Western world. He was the seventy-eighth teacher in his lineage...