by Sangha News editor | Oct 15, 2013 | Features, News, Zen Practice
Photo by Renshin Bunce Preceptors Ryushin Paul Haller, Shosan Victoria Austin and Anshin Rosalie Curtis held a jukai, or lay ordination ceremony, Saturday, October 5.
by Sangha News editor | Oct 15, 2013 | Arts & Culture, Features, Programs
Looking back over many years of life, what do we glean from reviewing the many joys and losses encountered, and how does this maturity relate to practice? One of the best ways to assimilate the answers to these questions may be in group reflection, sharing stories of...
by Sangha News editor | Oct 13, 2013 | For Myogen Steve Stucky, In Memoriam
Expanded photo from the Compassionate Earth Walk last month, which Steve discussed at some length in his recent talk at Green Gulch Farm, titled Gratitude. To his right are Shodo Spring, who led the walk, and a participant.
by Sangha News editor | Oct 11, 2013 | For Myogen Steve Stucky, In Memoriam
Dear Friends, Abbot Steve had his first chemotherapy treatment today at Kaiser in Santa Rosa. It consisted of two different chemicals, the combination of which does not usually cause nausea in the recipients. So far so good. The session went well and he is resting at...
by Sangha News editor | Oct 10, 2013 | For Myogen Steve Stucky, In Memoriam
Dear Ones, It seems impossible that only 10 days have passed since Lane and I received the report that the CAT scan results showed lesions and a mass consistent with pancreatic cancer. Two days ago, October 8, that diagnosis was confirmed. A biopsy last Friday,...