July 2, 2018
Featured Photo July 12 – Jukai / Lay Initiation at Green Gulch Farm

On Sunday, June 24, nine people received the precepts in a Jukai / Lay Initiation Ceremony at Green Gulch Farm. Congratulations to all!

Left to right: Isabel Kent / Quiet Sea, Manifest Way; Michael Meyers / Clear Mountain; Peaceful Way; Reirin Gumbel; Mary Bernau-Eigen / Vast Love, Medicine Voice; Susan Winecki / Extraordinary Generosity, Wisdom Lake; Eric Vogel / Benevolent River, Sincere Practice.

 

Fu Schroeder with Robyn Morris / Bamboo Forest, Zen Joy

Also receiving the precepts in the ceremony: Megan Petrucelli / Dragon Soaring, Nourishing Life; Betzi Sherman Jackson / Ancient Roots, Mysterious Source; and Tanja Palmer / Medicine Peak, Radiant Vow.

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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.