The 2011 Year End celebration at the Hazy Moon Zen Center included Fusatsu (atonement ceremony) and New Year's service, followed by an after-midnight celebration.

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Rev. Luis Chudo Escobar from the Black Scorpion temple served as Shuso for this year's Shuso Hossen, the event that capped the summer 2011 training period. 

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Friends and family joined Ralph Levinson, MD, as he took jukai and was given the dharma name "Shikan."

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Marking the end of her month long participation in this year's Winter Ango, Eternity Wauls took jukai and was given the dharma name "Joraku."

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The Hazy Moon's observance of Obon--when we remember lost loved ones by chanting their names from our Book of the Past--and Sagaki (the feeding of Hungry Ghosts) is both a solemn and festive affair. 

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The Latest from Karen Maezen Miller, Sensei

Earlier this year, Hazy Moon priest Karen Maezen Miller, sensei, saw the publication of her second book, entitled Hand Wash Cold: Care Instructions for an Ordinary Life. Sangha member Julie Honmei Snider produced this elegant trailer for the book, which is available through New World Library and other outlets.

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Hazy Moon priest and journalist, Nick Shindo Street, served as Shuso for this year's Shuso Hossen, the event that capped the summer training period.