Rev. Dosung Yoo
Director, Won Dharma Retreat Center
Rev. Dosung Yoo is dedicated to making Buddhist thought and practice more accessible and practical so it can be used to enrich our everyday lives.
A teacher and lecturer of meditation, Buddhism, and the Won Buddhist dharma in the United States and in Korea, Rev. Yoo currently serves as the Director of the Won Dharma Center in Claverack, New York. He is actively building a spiritual community that supports practitioners from various traditions in attaining inner peace and liberation.
He is the writer, editor, and translator of works including:
- Thunderous Silence: A Formula for Ending Suffering (Wisdom Publications, 2013)
- Tales of a Modern Sage (Won Dharma Publications, 2022)
- The Moon Rises in Empty Space by Venerable Kyongsan (Won Dharma Publications, 2022)
- The Principles for Training the Mind by Venerable Chwasan (Won Dharma Publications, 2022)
- The Method of Sitting Meditation by Venerable Chwasan (Won Media, 2024)
- The Life of Sotaesan (IlWon Publications, 2024)
- The Nature of Il-Won-Sang and Its Application (Won Media, 2024)
- The Essence of Won Buddhism (IlWon Publications, 2024)
Ordained as a Kyomunim(minister) in the Won Buddhist Order in 1994, he served as minister at the Seoul Meditation Center from 1994 to 2000. From 2002-2011, he taught Won Buddhist dharma and meditation at the Won Institute of Graduate Studies.
As a lecturer and speaker, he is ongoingly leading and teaching multiple retreats throughout the United States and Korea.
