Shukke Tokudo of Adam Kokotovich & Katsusui Willis
November 15 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm CST
We would like to welcome your presence at the Shukke Tokudo ceremony of Katsusui Willis and Adam Isshin Kokotovich. They will be ordained by Rev. Onryu Kennedy, Associate Teacher at Hokyoji. This ceremony will be held on November 15, 2026, 2-5pm. (CT)
Shukke Tokudo is an auspicious ceremony, it means Leaving Home and Attaining the Way. Although the renunciation is the result of inner work, the ordained come to this moment with the understanding that only through the support of family, friends and teachers have these conditions manifested in time.
The ceremony marks the formal entry into priest training: ordainees shave their head, and receive the robes and bowls of a Buddhist priest. During the ceremony ordainees will also renew the precepts and receive papers which trace the lineage from Shakyamuni Buddha to the present.
The ceremony will take place following the Practicing the Ways Retreat. For those attending as guests, accommodations are not available at Hokyoji for Saturday night. However, accommodations are available in La Crosse, Wisconsin (about 39 miles from Hokyoji). If you would like to stay Sunday night, limited accommodations may be available at Hokyoji; however, we won’t know until the date draws near. Otherwise, accommodations can be booked nearby.
If you plan to attend in person, please use this link to RSVP.
If you plan to attend by Zoom, please use this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81845447207?pwd=4DE0bTSfKHnOtTCTvj1wXHDx6WhPrq.1
We look forward to your presence in honor of the ordainees and this sacred lineage. And we are humbled by the innumerable beings seen and unseen who have supported the ordainees stepping forward in this ancient path.