SokukoJi Buddhist Community

In 1978, Sokuzan became an authorized meditation instructor through Vajradhatu in Boulder and later completed the Vajradhatu Seminary in 1980 at Lake Louise in Alberta, Canada.

Sokuzan received full ordination as a priest in the Soto Zen lineage in 2007, and Dharma transmission from Kuzan Shoho Michael Newhall, one of Kobun's dharma heirs, and Abbot of Jikoji in Los Gatos, California, in 2013.

On November 18, 2020, Sokuzan formally established Sokukoji Buddhist Temple Monastery as a separate order known as the Order Of Immediate Light.  As a spiritual meditation community, SokukoJi works to support the community.   We endeavor to create and maintain a space for people to practice meditation, and study the Buddhist teachings.