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Hokyu Aronson

The Zen Mountain Monastery Podcast

Wu Cho

Chao Chou

Taikyo Gilman

Lawrence Shainberg

Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva

Master Sinha

Liu Tiemo

Pai Chang

John Brehm

Margaret Gibson

Jizo Bodhisattva

Path Talk

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Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, Roshi - Zen Mountain Monastery, 6/6/2021 - Today the Monastery held the first double monastic ordination in our 40+ year history. Shugen Roshi officiated this shukke tokudo ceremony for Suzanne Taikyo Gilman and Hokyu JL Aronson. Tokudo marks the formal taking of monastic vows and, in our tradition, expresses a lifetime commitment to the Monastery. Taikyo was given the monastic name Yusen, meaning River of Courage, and Hokyu was given the monastic name Josen, which Shugen Roshi translated as Humble Mystic.

Monastic Ordination for Yusen Taikyo Gilman and Josen Hokyu Aronson

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, RoshiZen Mountain Monastery, 11/17/2019To listen to this recording is to participate in the joyful ceremony of the Tokudo Samu, or Novice Ordination, of Taikyo and Hokyu. Shugen Roshi celebrates the interdependence of the monastic and lay communities that comprise the sangha and explains the details of the steps along the monastic path. Novice monastics take the Bodhisattva Vows and the Monastic Vows of simplicity, selflessness, stability, service and accomplishing the Buddha’s Way. Shugen Roshi notes that there will never be many people who choose to dedicate themselves to the monastic life, but there will be enough.

Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, RoshiZen Mountain Monastery, 11/17/2019To listen to this recording is to participate in the joyful ceremony of the Tokudo Samu, or Novice Ordination, of Taikyo and Hokyu. Shugen Roshi celebrates the interdependence of the monastic and lay communities that comprise the sangha and explains the details of the steps along the monastic path. Novice monastics take the Bodhisattva Vows and the Monastic Vows of simplicity, selflessness, stability, service and accomplishing the Buddha’s Way. Shugen Roshi notes that there will never be many people who choose to dedicate themselves to the monastic life, but there will be enough.

Novice Ordination for Taikyo Gilman & Hokyu Aronson