The Bratislava Zen Center is looking for one resident to live and practice in Bratislava Zen Centre. The students with Zen practice experience are preferred. We accept students for short training periods from one day up to a couple of months. The resident candidate must provide references before the beginning of training and to be ready to follow the temple and house rules. The person cannot work a night shift or very early morning because it will be impossible to follow Bratislava Zen Center daily practice schedule.
The resident student should attend every morning practice from 6:00 to 7:40 and evening practice from 18:30 to 20:00 according to her/his possibilities, but at least 3 times a week.
As a part of their duties, resident student should take care of the house and learn the forms of the
Zen practice to be able to give introduction to beginners and to lead the regular practice.
The Bratislava Zen Center is located in Dúbravka (western part of the city) in an apartment block
house with a good transport connection to the downtown.
For more information please contact the abbot via phone: +421 905 368 368 or email:
lubor108@gmail.com.

Bori Sa (La Garrotxa), accepts residents and temporary guests for practice and work.

Bori Sa is located in 400 hectares of wilderness in the Pyrenees, without good transport connections and far away from any shops or facilities. That makes Bori Sa an ideal place for calming and clearing the mind… it is as if the mountain wind blows away the confusion, complexity and noise accumulated from urban life.

The residents commit to join morning and evening practice daily, and participate in the monthly retreat.

The Brussels Zen Center accommodates one or two resident Zen Students living in the center for periods from one month to a year or more.?

Resident Zen Students commit to joining or leading morning practice (including weekly kongan interviews) and to joining regularly in the evening practice. They act as housemaster, moktak master or Head Dharma Teacher.? The residents participate in weekend retreats if possible. There are weekly kongan interviews.

The Zen Center is a completely renovated apartment of 120m²: see pictures below.? The Center is located just in front of a protected nature site, but still within Brussels.? You can buy food at walking distance.? Going by bus to the very center of Brussels takes half an hour.

The students’ apartment is separate from the house of Koen Vermeulen JDPSN and his family, occupying the top floor of a three-story house.? The atmosphere is peaceful, with views of fields and trees through large windows

If you are interested please email Wojtek Kulwanowski (wojtek.kulwanowski@gmail.com).