Musangsa (Seung Sahn International Zen Center) is an international zen center which follows the teachings of Zen Master Seung Sahn. Musangsa is the Head Temple in Asia of the international zen organization

Kwan Um School of Zen The Kwan Um School of Zen (관음선종회) (KUSZ) is an international school of zen centers and groups founded in 1983 by Zen Master Seung Sahn. The school's international head temple is located at the Providence Zen Center in Cumberland, Rhode Is ...

. The temple holds 3 months silent retreats Kyolche each in summer and winter every year where monastics and lay practitioners practice together. It also serves as a training temple for monastics of Kwan Um zen lineage and hosts many foreign practitioners of the same lineage, providing them a chance to practice in Korea. Current main guiding teacher is Zen Master Dae Bong.

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File:Buddha Hall dragons.jpg, Mistic energy from Gyeryong (chicken dragon) Mountain flows down to Musangsa File:Trees outside of meditation hall.jpg, "A tree has no likes and dislikes" Trees outside of meditation hall. File:A view of autumn sky from the Buddha Hall.jpg, Sky is blue, white clouds floating back and forth.

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Buddhist temples in South Korea Kwan Um School of Zen Zen temples {{Buddhist-temple-stub