Transmission. On 19^thApril Rev. Trahearn Platt received Dharma Transmission from Rev. Master Meian. We were happy to see Rev. Trahearn take this step in training.

Monastic Visitors: We were glad to have Rev. Master Aurelian of Lions Gate Buddhist Priory in British Columbia join the community for two months beginning 1^stFebruary. Rev. Master Aurelian stayed through the Keeping of the Ten Precepts retreat and represented Avalokiteshwara Bodhisattva in the Jukai ceremonies. Two additional OBC monks joined us for the retreat: Rev. Master Meido and Rev. Clairissa from Wallowa Buddhist Temple.

We also hosted a week stay in May by Ven. Gang Gan Shi, a monk from Dharma Drum Monastery in Taiwan, who was traveling in the US visiting various temples. Her home temple is in New York. After Wesak in mid-May we were happy to have Rev. Master Oriana of the Eugene Priory visit for a few days. Monastic visitors always enrich our lives, and we are grateful for their visits.

Ten Precepts Retreat: The last week of March the monastery offered its annual Keeping of the Ten Precepts (Jukai) retreat. Eighteen people took the Precepts for the first time and received their Bloodline of the Buddhas certificate from Rev. Master Meian: Janice Helyn Annis, Shauna Marie Burrow, Mary Hayes DeRiemer, Janice Ann Gill, Kristen Denise Kette, Elizabeth Rose Kysar, Diane June Lade, Sebastian Joseph Lade, Robert Mazzorana, Jr., Virginie Lucie Moser, Tyler John Murphy, Donna Jean Salyer, Branden Allen Schneck, Stacey Ann Shoemaker, Lynn Elizabeth Smith, Gary James Solberg, Guillermo Valle, and Wu Zhang.

We were thankful for the help of other retreat guests and a number of our local lay congregation setting up and participating in the ceremonies.

Lay minister retreat.On 8^th—12^thMay the monastery hosted the annual lay minister retreat for North America. Fifteen lay ministers joined Rev. Master Haryo and Rev. Master Leon for an especially meaningful retreat.

The group studied Great Master Dogen’s Genjo-koanas part of the retreat. During the retreat Rev. Master Haryo announced Rev. Master Leon as a new master of the Order.

Memorials.On 7^thMarch Rev. Master Ando was the celebrant for a memorial for Maёl Jean Barbareaux, a 19-month old child in France, who died of cystic fibrosis. His family in France were able to view a video made of the ceremony. Lay minister John Capel, of Sacramento, California, offered a naming ceremony via Skype for the boy before he died, with family members present at his bedside in hospital.

Other memorials this spring included ones for: Nanunanu, Donald Hart’s dog, on 4^thApril; KT Lund, Rev. Amanda’s sister, on 14^thMay; and Anne Marie Sykes, Kalden Wangmo Sykes’ mother, on 17^thMay. Celebrants for the three ceremonies were, respectively, Rev. Enya, Rev. Amanda, and Rev. Master Kōdō.