Monastic Ordination and Enlightenment Vigil

December 13 · Sangha News, Zen Training · Buddha's Enlightenment Vigil, monastic ordination, tokudo, Zuiko

On Sunday, December 10, Shugen Roshi officiated Tokudo, the full Monastic Ordination, for Shea Zuiko Ikusei Settimi. During the morning ceremony at the Monastery she received the kesa, zagu, monastic bowl and lineage chart as well as the monastic name Zuiko, which means “auspicious peace.”