To provide a welcoming and inclusive spiritual experience in line with the Buddhadharma and teachings of Zen Master Seung Sahn as taught through the Kwan Um School of Zen. To provide a space for people to explore meditation through various traditional techniques.

To be a Buddhist spiritual community in line with the first five precepts that is open to the larger Pittsburgh community as a space for interior examination, the fostering of compassion and wisdom, and act as a responsible and open sangha in the midst of Pittsburgh's urban and collegiate environment in the Shadyside neighborhood of the city.