September 25, 2017
Featured Photo 2 September 28

Congratulations! At City Center on September 23, 2017, nine people received lay initiation. Photos by Deborah Svoboda.

Teachers and initiates: Rinso Ed Sattizahn: Chloe Atreya; Ryushin Paul Haller: Ken Collins and Tyler Stump; Keiryu Lien Shutt: Malcolm Bowles, Anton Kovalyov, Lynn Eubanks, Bong Lau, Brad Webster, and Sheri Macatangay.

The three preceptors, from left: Rinso Ed Sattizahn, Ryushin Paul Haller, Keiryu Lien Shutt

The initiates chant together after receiving their rakusus

Features, For Mary Watson

Remembering Mary Watson

I want to invite us to be with Mary's spirit, because she really embodied compassion. When Blanche gave her the precepts, she gave her the name, Eyes of Compassion, Nurturing Teacher, and that's what Mary was.