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| An inkin lesson with Hoitsu and Hakujin - Greg looks on |
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| Christina's and Hoitsu's shoes outside the kaisando during rehearsals |
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| Name card |
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| Speeches after the Stepping down |
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| Anna, Jana and Jeremy after the Stepping Down |
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| Laura and Diane of the Livestream crew |
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| Orchids punctuated the building |
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| The back room at the Angesho tea |
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| Marsha and Christina before the Mountain Seat |
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| Making sure the seating arrangements are right |
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| Temple documents and seal |
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| Taiyo arrives |
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| Myoki took care of the planning for this event |
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| Cynthia and Lisa off for tea |
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| Siobhan and Gyokuden |
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| Jinen and Yuji - the guys from the Sotoshu |
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| Hoitsu |
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| Christina and Reb at the Angesho tea |
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| Flower girls waiting for the grown-ups to be ready |
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| The procession waits during the Jiden portion of the Mountain Seat |
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| Fu and Anna, two of the jishas, check the script before part two |
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| The monk is left holding the baby - Norman with Rio |
6 comments:
Thank you for posting these intimate shots, Shundo! Having joined in for Hoitsu's talk and ceremonies via livestream now it feels like I was truly there. Have a good rest.
Great photos as always Shundo - hard to pick a favorite. However the contrasting sandals outside the kaisando might be the one for me. You've captured the grandness and also the intimacy of the occasion.
The only Mountain Seat ceremony I attended was Reb's at City Center and it was nothing like this! Residents and non resident sangha were all fairly easily accommodated in the Buddha Hall and there was no special dinner afterwards (although I'm sure something more private was arranged for the senior staff).
Hope you have a light load this week and get to catch up on sleep.
Lovely photos and it was so great to watch most of the ceremony on the live stream.
Thank you all - Shonen you are showing your age. I wonder if the old ones were more formal even if they were smaller.
thanks Shundo - rub it in why don't you!!
Reb's Mountain Seat ceremony was surprisingly understated. There was a big carved wooden chair off to the side of the altar - it was more like a glorified Shuso ceremony only without the questions being asked. I was heavily involved with the doanryo at the time and didn't even have to ring a bell so for me to get the day off should give you an indication of how little pomp and ceremony went on.
Of course it wouldn't have gone out live on the internet either....
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