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).

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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.