Speaker:   Michael Mui Lewis

Dharma Talk Topic: The realization of emptiness

Bio: Michael Mui Lewis
Priest, Dharma Holder, Senior Student
Mui is a resident at Maitreya Abbey and began formal Zen training in 2003 at Great Vow Zen Monastery. He continued in residence at Yokoji Zen Mountain Center until 2006 and then moved to Boulder, CO for graduate school and to continue training at GMZC. Mui was ordained a novice priest in 2008 and a priest in 2017. He is an Associate Member of the Soto Zen Buddhist Association (SZBA). Mui works as a psychotherapist and addiction counselor in Boulder, CO, and has a graduate degree in Contemplative Psychotherapy from Naropa University and an undergraduate degree in Experiential Education from Appalachian State University. He is an IFMGA Mountain Guide and was an Outward Bound instructor. Mui has been practicing meditation and Yoga since the early 90s. He leads retreats and courses at GMZC and other venues and supports the teachers in the facilitation of GMZC programming, including management of the GMZC website and interacting with guests as one of the registrars.