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Photos (other than the last three) are by Margaret Miyake. Last three photos and transmission photo galleries are by Patty Reardon.
Guests in the Rochester Zen Center Buddha Hall awaiting the start of the transmission ceremony.
Rose Martin
Ceremonial mats in place prior to entrance of teachers.
Altar in the Buddha Hall.
Danan Henry Roshi enters and offers incense.
Danan Roshi prostrating before the altar.
Chanting at the start of the ceremony.
Sensei Rafe enters and makes prostrations.
Receiving Buddhist Name.
“Rafe…my Dharma Heir…Your dharma name is Jnan, taken from the tenth and final Paramita, which means knowledge. It is a summing up of all the former Paramitas and is a synthesis of both prajna (transcendent wisdom) realized in the depths of zazen and dokusan room, and secular wisdom, gained from a keen mind and hard knocks in the market place. It is the basis for upaya, skillful means, and living well on the endless path.” —Danan Henry Roshi
Receiving the kotsu—symbol of the teacher's authority.
Taking the Diamond Sangha Teacher's Circle ethical vows of a Zen teacher.
Sensei Rafe Martin taking his place as a full teacher.
Final chants ending the ceremony of transmission.
Ending the ceremony of transmission.
The Martin Family
Sensei Rafe Martin and Roshi Danan Henry after the ceremony.
