May 6, 2019
Featured Photo May 9 — Jukai at City Center

On Saturday, April 27, at Beginners Mind Temple / City Center, three initiates received the precepts in a Jukai Ceremony. Photos by Deborah Svoboda.

Anshin Rosalie Curtis, Judith Rubin (Ju Yu Dai An / Excellent Friend – Great Ease), Arlene Lueck, Janis Cooke Newman (Jo San Sei Gan / Ascend the Mountain – Inconceivable Vow), Keiryu Lien Shutt, Michael Walter (Jinshin Myodo / Benevolent Heart-Mind – Luminous Way)

Rosalie and Judith

 

Arlene and Janis

 

Michael and Lien

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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.