Formal Ceremony to Mark Kynan Sutherland’s Appointment as Apprentice Teacher
Susan Murphy Roshi, Kynan Sutherland Sensei and Kirk Fisher Sensei. Photography by Ron C. Moss
On Sunday 18th August Castlemaine Zen hosted a formal ceremony mark Kynan Sutherland’s appointment as Apprentice Teacher in the Diamond Sangha Lineage. Members of the Melbourne Zen Group, Mountains and RIvers Zen (Hobart) and Castlemaine Zen came together to celebrate this appointment, and Kynan was presented with a kotsu, or teaching stick.
After a shared lunch Susan Murphy led an afternoon of inquiry into Zen and Ecological Crisis. Over fifty people attended to explore how Zen practice might reveal, animate and sustain appropriate action in the face of climate emergency.
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