By Meido Moore, Shinjinkai
Bright, breezy autumn weather greeted attendees at a November 3rd ceremony dedicating the zendo of So’tekizan Korinzenji, “Patriarch’s Target Mountain, Shining Forest Zen Temple,” or Korinji for short. Korinji is a new Rinzai monastery near Madison, Wis. Zen priests, students and supporters from Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey and Utah – including a number of Birankai Aikido teachers – gathered together to witness the event.
The ceremony began at the newly constructed Korinji gate, which I was pleased to dedicate by sprinkling salt and water on its posts while reciting the hak’ku darani, the heart Continue reading “Korinji Monastery Dedicated”