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Zen Centers
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Our Teachers
International Website Resources
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Founder's Day Sangha Weekend 2025
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Founder's Day Zoom Links and Programs
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Event Calendar: 2025-2028
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"Each of us is utterly enmeshed with everything else in this universe." Quote by Zen Master Dae Kwang. #zen #interdependence #thinking #ego #illusion #notseparate #ignorance #kwanumzen
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