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I take refuge in Buddha
I take refuge in Dharma
I take refuge in Sangha...
In traditional terms, "Sangha" is defined as the community of ordained
Buddhist monks and nuns. However, Zen communities in the West are largely
made up of lay practitioners, necessitating an expansion of the definition
of Sangha.
When Roshi Philip Kapleau established the Rochester Zen Center in 1966,
he could hardly have imagined the large community of Zen practitioners
that his teaching and leadership would establish. Just as he had been
guided by Harada-roshi and Yasutani-roshi, Roshi Kapleau shepherded
his students through years of training, and granted some of them permission
to become teachers and his Dharma Heirs.
The sense of community that was engendered through an affinity with
Roshi Kapleau still connects his now far-flung Dharma Heirs and their
students to each other and to the Rochester Zen Center.
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