April 18th Jukai Ceremony

On Sunday, April 18th at 3pm a Bodhissatva Initiation Ceremony, often referred to as a Jukai ceremony was held at Green Dragon Temple. The seven ordainees received serene names, rakusus and linage papers from their teacher Tenshin Reb Anderson. The ordainees were: Angela Nielson, Jane McLaughlin, Gianni Grassi, Carolyn Burke, Scott Bongiorno, Yaron Galant, and Marie Murray.
The Jukai ceremony is also called Zeikei Tokudo, which means "Staying at Home, and Entering the Way". This is a lay ordination. A priest ordination is Shukke Tokudo, Leaving Home and Entering the Way. Suzuki Roshi talked about the significance of lay ordination, and Reb's lay ordination. You can read the transcript of this talk at SFZC Transcripts site: Suzuki Roshi Transcripts Saturday, August 01, 1970. The oft asked question, 'What is the difference between lay and priest ordinations?' is also addressed in a great article by Norman Fischer On Commitment in Practice