Jukai Ceremony, Spring Ango 2023

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery - 4/23/2023 - Shugen Roshi officiates the Spring 2023 Ango Jukai ceremony at Zen Mountain Monastery. Today, five students - Gashin, Chosei, Juyu, Kyoshin, & Jokai - formally receive the sixteen Buddhist precepts, taking up these living teachings, living vows in the company of the sangha with family and friends. Michael Kaup - Gashin - "Authentic Self"; Malcolm Barrett - Chosei - "Morning Spirit"; Mary Bosakowsky - Juyu - "Gentle Fearlesness"; Deborah Hovland - Kyoshin - "Mirror of Natural Peace"; Scott Forster - Jokai - "Steady Undoing"