Dharma talk by Myoshin Kate McCandless on "Justice and Compassion."

By donation. No registration. Come for as much as you can!

Schedule: 9:00 zazen  9:30 kinhin  9:40 zazen  10:10 kinhin  10:20 dharma talk   11:00 kinhin  11:10 zazen  11:40 kinhin  11:50 service  12:00 Soji: temple cleaning  12:30 lunch (A simple vegetarian lunch will be served.)

2:00 Jukai ceremony

Jukai means literally “receiving the precepts”. It is a ceremony often referred to as lay ordination. In our tradition we prepare for jukai by sewing a rakusu (bib-like small version of a Buddhist monk’s robe) and studying the sixteen bodhisattva precepts. During the ceremony sangha members Kaye Simard and Sara Ross will formally receive the precepts, their rakusu, and a dharma name from Mountain Rain teachers Kate and Michael.

Everyone is welcome. Please come out and support Kaye and Sara.

Reception to follow. (Sweet and savoury offerings appreciated.)