Zen Master Dae Kwan: Teachings from nature

Zen master Dae Kwan (Hyang Um) a Zen nun, studied Buddhism at the Kwok Kwong Buddhist College in Hong Kong in the 1970’s and ordained at Ajahn Chaa's International Forest Monastery in Thailand in 1981. She practiced in Chiangmai for a decade including two years of intensive solo retreat in Tu Boo Cave.

As a Theravada nun she went to Korea in 1991 for the first time and met Zen Master Seung Sahn during a three-month winter kyol che. Thereafter she became his student and returned to Hong Kong to help establish the Hong Kong Zen Center (now Su Bong Zen Monastery). In 1995, she received inka from Zen Master Seung Sahn and in April 2001, she received Dharma transmission from him and was named Zen Master Dae Kwan.

Zen Master Dae Kwan is the abbot and guiding teacher of Hong Kong Su Bong Zen Monastery. She has published a number of books such as "The Noble Eightfold Path", "Teachings from Nature" and "Mind to Mind". Zen Master Dae Kwan has also translated several of Zen Master Seung Sahn's books into Chinese, including "Dropping Ashes on the Buddha", "Only Don't Know" and "The Whole World is a Single Flower".

The book Teachings from Nature by Zen master Dae Kwan is a photographic-meditative collection of examples from nature supplemented with short Zen observations, thoughts and teachings of the author.

The book is not for sale - we offer it in our e-shop for a symbolic price of 1 CZK. If you want to appreciate the book and the author, you can make a financial donation either directly to the Su Bong Zen Center in Hong Kong or you can support the zen center Seon Mun Sa in Vrážné, which is the main Zen center of the Kwan Um school in the Czech Republic.