Half-Day Zen Retreat With Zen Priest: Daigaku Rumme
June 20th & 21st
Rime Buddhist Center
Kansas City, Missouri

Rime members will have the opportunity to learn more about Zen Buddhism practices June 20-21 with a half-day retreat lead by Zen priest Daigaku Rumme. Rumme, a monk in the Soto tradition, resides at the San Francisco Zen Center and is on the staff of the Soto Zen Buddhism International Center. He was ordained a Soto monk by Harada Sekkei Roshi in 1978 and practiced under him for more than 27 years in Japan. The Zen Soto tradition emphasizes sitting as a way to realize one’s Buddha nature. Soto also teaches through the use of koans or paradoxical statements that attempt to aid spiritual insight. This sect of Zen Buddhism developed in China in the 6th century C.E., then spread to Japan and other Asian countries. The retreat will feature several 30-minute periods of seated meditation (zazen) as well as walking meditation (kinhin).
 
Schedule
Friday, June 20th 7:30 pm Talk: Basic Principles of Zen Practice & Realization
 
Saturday, June 21st 10 a.m. - noon - Half Day Zen Retreat
 
Fee
Half-Day Retreat - $60 in advance or $80 at the door. 
 
For more information, visit http://rimecenter.org/