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<\/a>Ages ago I received an invitation to attend a ceremony of entrustment<\/span> between Roko<\/span> Sherry Chayat<\/span> and her teacher Eido<\/span> Shimano<\/span>.<\/p>\nI was little confused as to what this ceremony was supposed to be about as Roko<\/span> had received Inka<\/span><\/a> from Eido<\/span> something like a decade ago. This meant she was a fully authorized and to the best of my knowledge the first Western woman to be fully authorized an \u201corthodox\u201d Japanese Rinzai<\/span> Zen master. I\u2019ve known Roko<\/span> for many years. As I recall we first met at an AZTA<\/span><\/a> Meeting a very long time ago. And from the first I\u2019ve admired her. The list of why is long. In sum she is very bright, she has genuine clarity about her, and while there isn\u2019t much \u201csweet\u201d in her aura, she has always been kind and generous. What\u2019s not to adore?<\/p>\n So, even though I knew my calendar would be very complicated, I said, you bet! I\u2019ll be there.<\/p>\n Yesterday morning, very, very early I got up and drove to the Boston area to pick up my old friend and co-conspirator in the Boundless Way project, Josh Bartok, and the two of us drove to Syracuse. Many hours later we checked into a motel, freshened up, and made our way to the Zen Center of Syracuse<\/a>.<\/p>\n We were anticipated, shown where to put on our robes, then ushered to the expensive seats.<\/p>\n
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