Two of our sangha members, Frank Fischer and Jonathan Elmergreen, were ordained in the Soto Zen lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. They received the 16 Bodhisattva precepts, a Dharma name, a rakusu (mini Buddhist robe), which they had sewn themselves and which was inscribed by their teacher Reirin, and the lineage papers with the bloodline from Shakyamuni Buddha through all the ancestors, down to them, and back to the Buddha.

Frank’s Dharma name is Daijin Angyo - Great Virtue, Peaceful Practice
Jonathan’s Dharma name is Kosan Mumon - Old Mountain, No Gate