June-Newsletter-2022 by NCKoyasan Website-Editor | May 29, 2022 | Announcements, Newsletters During the month of May, I went to Los Angeles to assist Bishop Matsumoto, head minister of the Koyasan Shingon Mission of North America, with the Tokudo ceremony. Tokudo is an ordination ceremony for people who are studying Buddhism and aspire to become Buddhist monks. After the ceremony, each person receives their Buddhist name and begins their practice as trainees of Shingon Buddhism.
