The Three Treasures Zen Center
About The Three Treasures Zen Center
The Three Treasures Zen Center was formed for people of various backgrounds and faiths as a place to practice Zen. Through our commitment to the cultivation of wisdom and compassion, we offer an opportunity to practice Zen under the guidance of a teacher.
The Three Treasures Zen Center is part of the Kwan Um School of Zen. The Kwan Um School of Zen is an international organization of more than a hundred centers and groups founded by Zen Master Seung Sahn, the first Korean Zen Master to live and teach in the West. The School's purpose is to make this practice of Zen Buddhism available to an ever-growing number of students throughout the world.
About the
Kwan Um School of Zen
The heart of the Kwan Um School of Zen is the daily practice which goes on in its Zen centers and groups. Students and visitors eat together, work together, and meditate together – gradually attaining a clear compassionate mind which moment to moment is able to help all beings.
We offer training in Zen meditation through meditation instruction, public talks, teaching interviews, sittings, retreats and workshops. Our programs are open to anyone regardless of previous experience and are often offered at no cost.
The founding teacher of our School is Zen Master Seung Sahn, the 78th Patriarch in his line of transmission in the Chogye order of Korean Buddhism. In 1972 he came to the United States and started the Providence Zen Center, the first center in what is now the Kwan Um School. He and his students have founded over a hundred temples, centers, and groups around the world. His books include Ten Gates, The Compass of Zen, Dropping Ashes on the Buddha, Only Don't Know and The Whole World is a Single Flower -- 365 Kong-ans for Everyday Life.
Zen Master Seung Sahn has given transmission to Zen Masters and "inka" – teaching authority – to senior students called Ji Do Poep Sa Nims (Dharma Masters).
Practice Schedule for Three Treasures Zen Center
On Monday evenings, we meet in-person and online for meditation practice at the Unitarian Universalist Church on 12 Ford Avenue, Oneonta, New York 13820. For evening practice, there will be 15 minutes of chanting, two 25-minute periods of sitting meditation, and then a reading from “Dropping Ashes on the Buddha” by Zen Master Seung Sahn.
On Thursday evenings, we meet in-person and online for Dharma Talks at the First Congregation Church of Binghamton, 30 Main Street, Binghamton, NY 13905.
On Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings, we have online morning meditation practice. There will be two periods of 25-minute sitting meditation. Please email Michael at michaelotego14@gmail.com for the Zoom link for online practice.
Contact Us
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out! We are happy to help you however we can.