July 5, 2023
Jukai Ceremony at City Center June 17
Jukai group

Jukai group with preceptors Jisan Tova Green and Keiryu Liên Shutt following the ceremony. Photo by Deborah Svoboda.

Congratulations to the initiates who received the precepts in a Jukai Ceremony at SFZC’s City Center on June 17.

Receiving the precepts from Keiryu Liên Shutt: Barbara Kuecker – Kairin Joshin / Unfolding Forest, Settled Heart-Mind and Kate Goka – Jishin Tendo / Healed Heart-Mind, Unfolds the Way.

Receiving the precepts from Jisan Tova Green: Elizabeth Storz-Andrews – Kensan Nendo /Devotion Mountain, Fully Present Path; Francisco Lopez-Guerra – Doshu Kaion / Earth Protector, Ocean Voice; Stew Smith – Myoki Kanshin / Bright Spirit, Generous Heart-Mind; and Ymke Dioquino – Jirin Okan / Compassion Forest, Large-hearted-Soaring Hawk.

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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.