Set up screen and altar, face the sangha,
Bow and bow again, repeating words,
Shaving (being shaved),
Becoming (being remade)
It's
April 2020, the pandemic is in full swing, and this in-person
transition from private to public nun-hood takes place by remote means.
Some forty people attend. Shonin's spouse handles the handing over of
razor, robes and bowls.
If you have a rule, go by the rule; if you have no rule, go by the example.
-- comment on verse appended to 85th case of the Blue Cliff Record, tr. Cleary
-- comment on verse appended to 85th case of the Blue Cliff Record, tr. Cleary