New Paltz Zen Center's precepts retreat

My sangha held its first sesshin, a Zen meditation retreat. We sat in our stone cabin with a fire in the hearth. At mealtimes we went down the hill to the abbot&rsquo;s house to eat in the Zen oryoki style. On the last day two members took jukai (the Buddhist precepts) and received dharma names. Images © A. Jesse Jiryu Davis