Sejiki Ceremony, CC 10/30

Sejiki is a traditional Japanese Zen Buddhist ceremony for the spirits of departed ones. This powerful ceremony summons forth all restless spirits and pacifies agitation and violence within and without. It includes a reading of the names of close friends and family members who have died. While similar ceremonies are held in Japan during Obon, San Francisco Zen Center has held Sejiki around Halloween, a secularized religious tradition that acknowledges the dead and their continued connection to the living.

Costumes may be worn to the ceremony.

After the ceremony, we will have tea and cookies in the Conference Center (308 Page St.) before the Wednesday dharma talk.