Furnace Mountain

Furnace Mountain
300px The Tea House at Furnace Mountain. For group retreats the Tea House has sleeping quarters, showers and bathrooms, a kitchen and eating tables.
Information
Denomination	Zen Buddhism
Founded	1986
People
Founder(s)	Dae Gak Soen Sa Nim Seung Sahn Soen Sa Nim
Abbot(s)	Dae Gak
Location
Address	P.O. Box 545, Clay City, Kentucky 40312
Country	United States
Website	http://www.furnacemountain.org/fm.html

Furnace Mountain (temple name Kwan Se Um San Ji Sah) is an American Zen Buddhist retreat center in Clay City, Kentucky, co-founded in 1986 by Seung Sahn Soen Sa Nim and Dae Gak Soen Sa Nim as part of the international Kwan Um School of Zen; it is now unaffiliated with the school in an official capacity. In 1990 the main Meditation Hall was completed, and in 1994 the temple was constructed and opened. Kwan Se Um San Ji Sah is modeled after a traditional Korean Buddhist Temple—located on 850 acres (263 ha) of woods in part of The Daniel Boone National Forest (in The Red River Gorge area). The exact site of Kwan Se Um San Ji Sah was determined by the use of geomantic divination, which was intended to help foster harmony. The Abbott and guiding teacher is Dae Gak Zen Master.

Gallery

• Dae Gak.jpg

  Dae Gak, guiding teacher

• Furnace Mountain road in.jpg

  The road leading into the retreat center—you can see the bluff above

• Furnace Mountain retreat house.jpg

  Individual retreat house for guests

See also

• Buddhism in the United States
• Timeline of Zen Buddhism in the United States

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Furnace Mountain website