August 31, 2023
Jukai Ceremony at Green Gulch Farm August 23
Jukai group

Ashley Ng, Jiryu Rutschman-Byler, and Jacory Parker. Photo by Sara Tashker.

Congratulations to the initiates who received the precepts from Abbot Jiryu Rutschman-Byler in a Jukai Ceremony at Green Gulch Farm on August 23. Receiving the precepts were Ashley Ng – Fumyō Shōgan / All-Embracing Light, Authentic Vow and Jacory Parker –  Daijō Shinman / Boundless Samādhi, Intimate Ten Thousand (things).

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.