November 4, 2015
Budding Bodhisattvas from October 17 Jukai

On Saturday, October 17, students of City Center Abbot Rinso Ed Sattizahn, Anshin Rosalie Curtis and Jamie Howell (Kogen Seido) were given the bodhisattva precepts in a lay ordination ceremony known as jukai. Congratulations, bodhisattvas!

10/17 Jukai group

(L to R) Ann Marie Coletta, Jamie Howell, Annette Lorenzo, Ed Sattizahn, Miguel Rojas, Rob Walker, Rosalie Curtis, Lisa Pardini.

Photo by Renshin Bunce

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On Forgiveness

In this letter to the sangha, Central Abbot Tenzen David Zimmerman writes about forgiveness and repair in his own life, and how SFZC is working with former Abbot Richard Baker to reconcile a difficult past and move forward together.