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- MILWAUKEE ZEN CENTER
- 2825 N. Stowell Avenue (just south of the UW - Milwaukee campus)
Milwaukee WI 53211-3775
Telephone: (414) 963-0526
e-mail: MilwZenCtr@aol.com
Contact person: Rev. Tozen Akiyama
- The Milwaukee Zen Center is served by a five-member board of directors and relies on public donations for its support; Rev. Tozen Akiyama has been the resident priest since September 1985. Rev. Akiyama's lineage is the Soto Zen school founded by Dogen.
- MILWAUKEE ZEN CENTER
We offer daily zazen and monthly
all-day sittings, a weekly study class and a monthly introductory
course. All are welcome to practice zazen at the Milwaukee Zen
Center in the morning or evening. Monday to Friday, Zazen and
Kinhin sesshins are held from 6 to 7:30 a.m., with a service
at 7:30 a.m. and 6:30 to 7:20 p.m. Saturday Zazen and Kinhin
sesshins from 6 to 7:30 a.m., with a service at 7:30 and breakfast
(with Oryoki) at 7:45 a.m. (*except on all-day sitting days).
There is also a Saturday work period from 8:20 a.m. and a 9 a.m.
class. The third Saturday of each month there is an All Day Sitting.
The first Wednesday of each month
and Introductory Zazen Class is held at 6:30 p.m. Zazen instruction
also available by appointment - call (414) 963-0526. A bimonthly
newsletter is available to those requesting to be placed on the
Center's mailing list.