September 25, 2017
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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

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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.