Meditation retreat(Woljeongsa)
Seon Buddhist Meditation retreat at Woljeong Sa inside Odae Mountain.
Purify yourself inside Manjushri bodhisattva's sagely ground & walk the path inside beautiful Needle Fir Forest.
Join our Seon Buddhist Meditation treat at Woljeongsa in Odae Mountain! This special Templestay will be a memorable experience for your spiritual journey. Woljeongsa is one of the most beautiful and remarkable traditional temple of Korea with 1,400 years of history. You will be able to experience the tranquility and peace of Manjushri's sagely ground. During this retreat, you can learn Seon Buddhist meditation and ask questions about Buddhist practice to the monks and nuns. You can also learn walking meditation in the reowned needle fir forest around the temple. This retreat is youth program for people between age 13 and 34 years old with government support fund.
Seon Buddhist Meditation retreat (2 nights 3 days) at Woljeong Sa inside Odae Mountain.
From May 24 to May 26 (Friday to Sunday)
Eligible if you are between 13 and 34 years old.
W50,000 for 2 nights and 3 days (Transportation is not included)
Registration: text HyunAn Sunim (010-9262-8441)
Templestay Schedule
May 24(Friday)
pm 1 : 30 Arrival (If you will arrive at different time please discuss with the sunim in advance)
2 : 00 Room Assignment
2 : 30 Introduction
3 : 00 Four unlimited mind by BoGwan Sunim.
5 : 00 Dinner
6 : 00 Evening ceremony
7 : 00 Learn Seon Buddhist Meditation by HyunAn Sunim
- Stretching exercise by Taekkyon movements (Instructor: HeeJun Kwon)
- Intro to Seon Buddhist Meditation
- Group sitting meditation
9 : 00 Return to the rooms
9 : 30 Lights out and rest.
May 25(Saturday)
AM 4 : 00 Wake up (*optional)
4 : 20 Morning ceremony (*optional but recommended!)
5 : 30 108 Bows (*optional)
6 : 00 Breakfast
6 : 30 Rest
7 : 30 Walking Meditation in the forest with sunims
9 : 00 Museum visit & tea service
11 : 00 Lunch
Pm 12 : 00 Visit SangWonSa Temple up in the mountain
5 : 00 Dinner
6 : 00 Evening Chanting
7 : 00 Learn Seon Buddhist Meditation by HyunAn Sunim
- Stretching exercise by Taekkyon movements (Instructor: HeeJun Kwon)
- Intro to Seon Buddhist Meditation
- Group sitting meditation
9 : 00 Return to the rooms
9 : 30 Lights out and rest.
May 26 (Sunday)
Am 5 : 30 Wake up
6 : 00 Breakfast
7 : 30 visit Dongdaesa Temple
9 : 30 Tea Ceremony / Q&A
11 : 00 Clean your room & Departure
** The Temple is a practicing place for Sunims. In order to not disturb the practicing spirit of the Temple, please follow the norms of the program to the best of your ability. Thank you for your cooperation. The above schedule is subject to change depending on circumstances. You can also change the program if your group wants it to be different.
Program Supervisor: Venerable BoGwan
Bogwan sunim studied Comparative religion and started Seon practice after meeting with SungSan sunim. During her study in the US, she started learning Korean buddhism after encountering with BaeBong sunim. She left home-life under MyoHaeng sunim and got fully ordained in 2007. She wishes to help modern days' people to heal through her contribution to templestay program.
Instructor(Seon Buddhist Meditation): Skakya XianAn
Venerable XianAn is a Korean American Buddhist nun who’s a long disciple of Master YongHua. She started learning Chan from Master YongHua at Lu Mountain Temple in 2012 in the US. At that time, she was a young entrepreneur with a start-up business. And Chan quickly became her core strength to make her business very successful. With her further improvement in Chan, she realized that Chan is such a wonderful and fundamental skill not only for her career but also all other aspects of her life. In 2019, she became a Buddhist nun under Master YongHua and returned to her motherland, Korea.
