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

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.