Zen Priest Ordination Ceremony

Taizan Gendo (Mark Adams)

Join the Jikoji Zen Center sangha in witnessing the zen priest ordination of Shuho Mike Newhall’s student, Taizan Gendo (Mark Adams), in the main zendo, followed by a tea and dessert reception in the community room. Called “Shukke Tokudo,” the ordination ceremony is a formal deepening of commitment to a life of service, in dedication to the Jukai precepts and the three treasures (Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha) as embodied in the impossible bodhisattva chant: “Beings are numberless, I vow to free them; delusions are numberless, I vow to end them; dharma gates open endlessly, I vow to enter them; Buddha's way is unattainable, I vow to become it.” All are warmly invited to this beautiful tradition which will begin shortly after lunch on Sunday.