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SUMMARY:one week Zen Retreat with Zen Master Gu Ja in Zen Center Berlin\, 2 -9 April 2026
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to our one week Zen Retreat with Zen Master Gu Ja (Namhee Chon) in Zen Center Berlin\, Germany. \nIf you would like to join us\, please register via the registration formular on our website which will be online starting in February 2026  https://kwanumzen.de/en/events/ \nCosts: 390€ / 325€ for members of KUSZ / 275€ for Dharma Teachers (also in training) \n  \nThere will be Kong An interviews with Zen Master Gu Ja and a question and answer session. We will practice meditation in sitting\, walking\, chanting\, eating\, and working. \nIf you have any questions please write us to berlin[at]kwanumzen.de \n  \n\n\nZen Master Gu Ja (Namhee Chon) holds a master degree in philosophy and sinology from Freie Universitaet Berlin (Germany) and learnt Yoga and Meditation in India. In 2008 she received Inka (teaching permission) from Zen Master Wu Bong and in 2017 she received dharma transmission from Zen Master Bon Shim. In the video link below you can see parts of this Ceremony and you find here you can find her transmission speech (in German). She is the guiding teacher of Zen Center Berlin. \nZen Master Gu Ja met Zen Master Seung Sahn in 1989 in Warsaw\, Poland\, and founded Zen Center Berlin in 1990 together with her husband\, Zen Master Ji Kwang. A short time after that they founded the Kwan Um School of Zen Germany. She lives close to Berlin with her family and works as a scientist for East-Asian studies.  \nZen Master Gu Ja teaches on a regular basis in Zen Center Berlin. \n\n\n  \nThe day after the one week Zen Retreat a transmission Ceremony will take place for Arne Schaefer JDPSN to become Zen Master. The transmission Ceremony will be held on Friday\, 10 April 2026 in Zen Center Berlin\, Germany\, at 11 a.m. and will take about 2 hours. \nBefore the Transmission Ceremony we will have a kido in Zen Center Berlin to which you are also most welcome. \nIf you would like to participate in the Transmission Ceremony\, we kindly ask you to register until March 31st 2026: \nhttps://www.kwanumeurope.org/2025/10/03/transmission-ceremony-2026/
URL:https://www.kwanumeurope.org/event/one-week-zen-retreat-with-zen-master-gu-ja-in-zen-center-berlin-2-9-april-2026/
LOCATION:Zen Zentrum Berlin\,  Gottschedstr. 4\, Berlin\, 13357\, Germany
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SUMMARY:Zen Around the Table (Medicinal Mushrooms on My Plate)
DESCRIPTION:Vegan Cooking Workshop Retreat with Chef Avital Sebagg \nApril 29 to May 3\, 2006 \nLimited places \nA unique retreat for those who love plant-based cuisine\, local ingredients\, and creative cooking with a wide variety of mushrooms. \nThe course focuses not only on recipes\, but on learning how to be efficient\, mindful\, and joyful in a healthy kitchen. \nAvital Sebbag\, a vegan chef and certified practitioner of Chinese Medicine\, will inspire us to cook a stunning variety of nutritious and delicious vegan recipes based in mushrooms. \nThe workshop will take place in our mountain Zen Center\, located in the middle of the pristine wilderness of the Alta Garrotxa Natural Park. Participants will also experience the ancient practice of korean zen of the Kwan Um School of Zen\, we will meditate in the morning and evening\, and there will also be a daily yoga class. \nTeacher: Avital Sebbag\, an anthropological food researcher and accomplished vegan chef\, known for her book “Five Seasons in the Kitchen –Zen Inspired Vegan Cooking“\, has been practicing Korean Zen for two decades\, and today \, teaches and manages the Hasharon Zen Center in Israel. Avital has integrated her wide worlds of culinary content with Zen teaching\, and conducts cooking and enrichment workshops in the kitchens of temples\, Zen centers and various bodies that invite her knowledge. Avital teaches to make the connection by choosing dishes based on the seasons’ vegetation\, most suitable for her retreats. \nFor more information and registration\, please visit: \nhttps://boricentro.kwanumzen.es/event/zen-al-voltant-de-la-taula-temporada-de-tardor/?lang=en
URL:https://www.kwanumeurope.org/event/zen-around-the-table-where-medicinal-mushrooms-meet-the-table/
LOCATION:Bori Sa\, (Mas Puli) Sales de Llierca \, Alta Garrotxa\, Girona\, 17853\, Spain
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