Bo Kwang Zen Center

Located in the gorgeous Tower Grove neighborhood of St. Louis, Bo Kwang is a 501(c)3 non-profit Buddhist community dedicated to cultivating compassion and wisdom through Buddhist/Zen teachings. 

We train ourselves with emphasis in Buddhist meditation practices of mindfulness, stillness, and of loving-kindness, making an effort to bring these qualities into our everyday lives.

Our experience is that we suffer less if we can learn to notice our thoughts, reactions, and emotions as quickly as possible. Such mindful awareness expands our freedom, allowing us to make more skillful choices that create less suffering for ourselves and others. By cultivating stillness, we can begin to erode our negative habits, and respond more openly in our everyday lives. And developing a sense of universal friendliness helps us to recognize and act upon our infinite connections within our world.