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).
Online Practice Periods as an Intentional Practice
SFZC member and student Senji Rosenblum shares how intention and technology bridge the distance between West Virginia’s natural beauty and the sangha.