Shukke Tokudo

Shukke Tokudo means to receive the precepts while leaving home. 

Mark Lancaster ordained as a Zen priest in 2002

I wish that I could say that I was really ready for my ordination day. But I was not. Even while sitting and waiting to go up to the Buddha Hall, I wondered if this was really the right thing for me to do?!

Tom Baker was ordained on November 8, 2017.