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Mar 12. 2022
Jeweled Conch Seon Center
보라선원
Where to learn Buddhist meditation
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Jeweled Conch Seon Center (보라선원) is conveniently located right next to Sunae Station in Bundang. Bundang is the largest and most populous district of Seongnam, a major city in the Seoul Capital Area. Bundang is one of South Korea's wealthiest and highest developed areas.
What you can learn at JC Seon Center
JC Seon Center is a branch buddhist temple of Wei Mountain Temple lead by Master YongHua. At JC Seon Center, you can learn Buddhist style meditation, Mahayana Buddhism, buddhist sutras and principles and various forms of meditation methods in both English and Korean.
Master YongHua
Master YongHua is the founder of Bodhi Light International, Inc (BLI) - a non-profit religious organization dedicated to benefiting all living beings through the teachings of Mahayana Buddhism.
Master YongHua has been offering various free programs and retreats over fifteen years in USA and Korea. In 2012, he founded Lu Mountain Temple, base in Rosemead, CA. After that, he founded several way places in California and in South Korea. Master YongHua also lectures on Mahayana Sutras every weekend and participants can attend his lectures at any of his ways places located in North/South California and South Korea. And every year, Master hosts Chan meditation retreat and Buddha recitation retreats, held in the Summer and Winter.
Master YongHua provides individualized guidance to help each person find the methods that are most appropriate to their current cultivation level. In his lectures, Master YongHua devotes a significant amount of time to answering questions. This allows him to tailor his teachings to the needs of individual students, many of whom have attained high levels in their meditation practice and have seen significant improvement to their health and personal relationships.
Visiting JC Seon Center
JC Seon center is located next to Sunae station on Bundang line(Yellow). You can easily transit from Selleung (line 2, green) or Dogok (line 3, orange) in Seoul. When you arrive at Sunae station, go to metro exit 2 or exit 3. Walk straight ahead and cross the street. You will find a small veggie and fruit shop on your right. JC Seon center is in the same building on 2nd and 5th floor.
Saturday: Seon Meditation classes in English and Korean
Intro to Chan meditation
Saturday class *Discord live broadcast from USA
9am - 10am Sitting meditation
10am-11am Dharma talk by Master YongHua (English / Korean)
How to register: text your name to 010-9262-8441
Sunday: Pure Land Assembly and Intro to Seon Meditation
9-10AM Pure Land Asembly (Chanting)
1PM Streching exercise
2PM Shurangama Mantra and other mantra practices
3PM Sitting Meditation with sunims
2nd fl. Lecture Hall