"The whole world is a single flower." - Zen Master Man Gong
Dharma Flower
We are a group of friends in the Chicago area who practice meditation together with the purpose of attaining enlightenment and helping this world. Our guiding teacher is Zen Master Hae Kwang.
The Kwan Um School
Dharma Flower is part of the Kwan Um School of Zen, an international organization founded by Korean Patriarchal Zen Master, Seung Sahn.
Flower Power?
Our founding teacher encouraged his students to practice the various forms of meditation - bowing, chanting, sitting, walking - together as a team so that our collective energy would help everyone. He called it "Together Action."
Mission Statement
We embrace and impart the teachings of Zen Master Seung Sahn; provide instruction and create opportunities for Zen practice in the Chicagoland area, work to establish and maintain the area's first Kwan Um Zen Center, and undertake all efforts with the purpose of attaining our true nature and helping this world.