Shukke Tokudo for Junden Gage Myers

Priest Ordination Ceremony

You are cordially invited to attend the Shukke Tokudo Ceremony of Junden Gage Myers on August 15, 2026 at 1p.

Commonly called the Priest Ordination Ceremony, shukke tokudo means “Leaving Home and Attaining the Way”. In the Old Days, this meant becoming a monk. These days, the “home leaving” represents an inner renunciation. The ideal is captured in the novice priest’s title, unsui, which means “cloud, water” following the Chinese poem, “drifting like the clouds, flowing like water”.

The ceremony marks the formal entry into priest training where the candidate shaves their head, receives the robes and bowls of a Buddhist monk, and renews the precepts. Junden will be ordained by Rev. Jūshin Stephyn Butcher, Associate Teacher at Hokyoji.

Please plan to share in this most auspicious ceremony for Junden and the sangha and show your support!

The ceremony will take place immediately following the Jewel Mirror Sesshin. Please RSVP if you plan to attend in person (tickets below). There may be only limited accommodations at Hokyoji if you plan to stay Saturday night, as the Jewel Mirror Sesshin will have only just concluded. Accommodations are not available for Friday night.

If you plan to attend by zoom, you need do nothing. Please arrive 10-15 minutes before the ceremony starts at 1p CT.

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