The Practice of Zazen with Rev. Reirin Gumbel from the Milwaukee Zen Center

1635 West Saint Paul Avenue,Milwaukee WI 53233

10 September, 2021

Description

Join us in welcoming Rev. Reirin Gumbel as she leads a discussion and meditation session on the practice of Zazen at The Warehouse MKE. Please join us in welcoming Rev. Reirin Gumbel, Milwaukee Zen Center’s Resident Priest, as she leads a discussion and meditation session on the Japanese Zen Buddhist practice of Zazen. This event will be located in the gallery spaces of The Warehouse and is associated programing to the current exhibition Art Japan: 2021-1921. In an effort to honor and respect Japanese ritual and tradition, please be prepared to adhere to the following guidelines when in our space for this event: • Please wear muted colors with no loud patterns or designs. • Upon entering this space, please be prepared to leave personal belongings and electronics outside of the exhibition doors. • The Practice of Zazen is traditionally performed seated on small cushions. Chairs will be provided if requested. If additional accommodations are needed, our staff will be happy to help. • No food or beverage will be permitted. • Please remain silent unless otherwise directed by Rev. Reirin Gumbel. About Zazen: Zazen is at the heart of Japanese Sōtō Zen Buddhist practice and utilizes the act of sitting to suspend thinking and judgement. The goal is to acknowledge and experience these thoughts pass by without engaging in them. For a diagramed step by step instruction, please visit the Milwaukee Zen Center’s PDF HERE. Please note that the practice of Kyosaku (#13 in the PDF) will not be incorporated during this event. About Milwaukee Zen Center: The Milwaukee Zen Center offers a regular schedule of zazen, weekend dharma talks and discussions, introduction to Zazen sessions, monthly half-day sittings and one-day sesshins (zazenkai). Active in prison ministry over the past fifteen years, the MZC is the central organizing force behind a group of teachers from a variety of Buddhist traditions who serve twelve Wisconsin correctional institutions. In the understanding that a Buddhist’s role is active participation in the community, we are members of the Milwaukee chapter of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship, which is involved with various social justice activities. MZC clergy also have a longstanding involvement with interfaith activities in Milwaukee. In addition to responding to frequent requests for talks and presentations by area churches, schools and community organizations, they are members of Committee on Interfaith Understanding, a program of the Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee. Milwaukee Zen Center is registered in Japan under the name Kokyo-an (Lake Mirror Hermitage), and has the "mountain name" Kounzan (Cultivating Clouds Mountain). Each Japanese temple is registered under an official name, and chooses also its own mountain name, each temple being a "mountain.” Please visit their website at www.mkzen.org.