Primary Point is the teaching journal of the Kwan Um School of Zen, published since 1983.

The current issue available as a PDF download. For older issues, please visit the Primary Point Archive.

Primary Point
Zen Master Seung Sahn

A Murmur about a New Kong-an Compilation for Contemporary Life
Matthew Wooler

Conversations about Teaching
Edahn Small        

Serving Encouragement: The Monk behind the Kwan Um School’s Climate Café
Garret Condon     

Tea House Zen on the Coast of Maine
Nancy Hathaway

Kyol Che Is Not a Special Thing
Robert Lockridge

The Tip of a Hundred-Foot Pole: Excerpts
Hang Ruan           

Only You Will Know
Manu “Won Jin” Garcia-Guillén

Carrying Around a Corpse: A Grieving Heart
Alley Smith           

What Is the Function of Your True Self?
Cherie Miot Abbanat       

Motivations for Practice
Mark Appleby      

A Reason to Practice
Hyunwoo Lee       

Slow Down, Park Here, and Awake Now        

I Broke a Precept Today—Or Did I?
Tony “Batman” Dok Mun Pucillo