
Jusen’s Garden Dedication

Remembering the ceremony in our newsletter, sesshin leader, Gensho Florence wrote the following words:

Roshi offered rice and salt to the earth, gave a poem of thanks and acknowledgement-
Namu Jizō Jusen-en.
Doing good deeds in the ten directions, we pay back our debt to the Buddha.
Especially in this place the ten thousand spirits sleep in peace,
All persons and all the heavens return to one root.
Katz!
-and together we chanted The Heart Sutra.
A beautiful selection of maples and camillas are waiting to be planted in October. They’ll fill the space directly in front of the altar above with the columbarium in the space at the back near the trees.

If you would like to contribute to the Columbarium project at Tahoma please visit our Donations page. If you would like to volunteer to help with the garden please contact us.
photos by Gensho Florence, Jiyu Romm and Sozui.