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Thread: Our 2014 Treeleaf Jukai (Undertaking the Precepts) Celebration is Here!

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    Our 2014 Treeleaf Jukai (Undertaking the Precepts) Celebration is Here!

    The time has again arrived for our annual JUKAI CEREMONY at Treeleaf Sangha ... being held today, Sunday, January 12th at Midnight (Sunday-Monday) Japan time (that is New York 10am, Los Angeles 7am (Sunday morning), London 3pm and Paris 4pm (Sunday afternoon)). The ceremony will last about 1 hour, and will be visible from that time at the link below from shortly before such time:



    Our 17 Preceptees come together simultaneously from 8 countries (from Sweden to Mexico to Slovenia) joining in this Jukai as one, after having spent several months preparing for this day, studying the Precepts, sewing a rakusu, weighing the place of the Buddhist Teachings in their life. As with everything at Treeleaf, all was accomplished fully online, and invite all our Sangha to the celebration. Taigu Turlur and Jundo Cohen are Preceptors.

    Jukai literally means to receive or to undertake the Precepts. It is the ceremony both of one’s formally committing to the Buddhist Sangha and to the Practice of Zen Buddhism, and of one’s undertaking the “Sixteen Mahayana Bodhisattva Precepts” as guides for life. Traditionally for Jukai, one receives from a teacher the Rakusu, which represents the robe of the Buddha, the Kechimyaku, a written lineage chart connecting the recipient to the Buddhas and Ancestors of the past, and a “Dharma name” selected by the teacher and representing qualities of the recipient’s personality and practice.

    My teacher, Nishijima Roshi, has written this:

    When a Buddhist seeks to commence upon the study of Buddhism, there is first a ceremony which should be undertaken: It is called “Jukai,” the “Receipt of the Precepts,” the ceremony in which one receives and undertakes the Precepts as a disciple of the Buddha… Master Dogen specifically left us a chapter entitled ‘”Jukai,” in which it is strongly emphasized that, when the Buddhist believer first sets out to commence Buddhist practice… be it monk, be it lay person, no matter… the initial needed steps include the holding of the ceremony of Jukai and the undertaking of the Precepts… The rationale of all of the Buddhist Precepts, the Mahayana Boddhisattva Precepts ... is as a pointing toward the best ways for us to live in this life, in this real world… how to live benefiting both ourselves and others as best we can.


    WELCOME!
    Last edited by Jundo; 01-12-2014 at 04:21 PM.
    ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

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    Jundo,

    The link you provided says I need an invitation to view the event.

    Gassho,
    Dosho

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    Mp
    Guest
    I am seeing the same thing.

    Gassho
    Shingen

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    Same here

    Gassho
    Thank you for your practice

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    Me too.

    Gassho,
    William
    "First you have to give up." Tyler Durden

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    Hello Jundo,

    same here.

    I'm sure it'll be wonderful even if I shouldn't be able to watch it live. Deep bows to you all! I'll stay online anyhow.

    Gassho,

    Hans Chudo Mongen

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    Ditto. But I'm here to support those receiving Jukai nonetheless. _/\_
    Shinzan

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    Hi.

    Past start time, don't know if Jundo has seen this, anyhow, still here.

    Mtfbwy
    Fugen
    Life is our temple and its all good practice
    Blog: http://fugenblog.blogspot.com/

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    Does anyone know if the ceremony actually started? I never received an invitation and cannot see any of my fellow Jukai participants on G+

    Gassho,
    William
    "First you have to give up." Tyler Durden

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    Mp
    Guest
    Here is a live link

    Gassho
    Shingen

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    We are here.

    Gassho,
    Dosho

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    Don't know either
    Gassho
    Thank you for your practice

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    Hello Shingen,

    thank you for the live link!

    Gassho,

    Hans Chudo Mongen

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    Shingen found a link! Check above!

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    Thank you Shingen. I wanted to witness such event.

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    Yugen
    Guest
    Yes, the link works! It's awesome to see you all!

    Deep bows

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    Thanks for the link I too could not link in with the original link
    Gassho
    Taikyo

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    I'm getting an Arnold notification we'll be back"
    Singer, can you work your magic again?

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    合掌,生開
    gassho, Shokai

    仁道 生開 / Jindo Shokai

    "Open to life in a benevolent way"

    https://sarushinzendo.wordpress.com/

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    That's Singer btw

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    合掌,生開
    gassho, Shokai

    仁道 生開 / Jindo Shokai

    "Open to life in a benevolent way"

    https://sarushinzendo.wordpress.com/

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    Sorry Shingen

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    合掌,生開
    gassho, Shokai

    仁道 生開 / Jindo Shokai

    "Open to life in a benevolent way"

    https://sarushinzendo.wordpress.com/

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    Yugen
    Guest
    G+ is bouncing me out repeatedly, but hanging in there!! Wonderful ceremony!!

    Deep bows
    Yugen

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    Congratulations my brothers and sisters in the dharma!

    Nine bows to each of you!

    I am so very content to have you all in my heart.

    Gassho,
    Dosho

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    Congratulations to all!!

    Thank you for giving me the honor to be part of your ceremony.

    May our dharma adventures together bring kindness and smiles to the universe!

    Much respect and bows,

    Kyonin
    Hondō Kyōnin
    奔道 協忍

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    What a heart warming ceremony...in gratitude, Deep Gassho to all new members of the Sangha...now, party on, in moderation

    And thank you Shingen for providing the link

    Gassho
    Thank you for your practice

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    What a beautiful ceremony. I was fortunate to witness it. Congratulations to all those who participated.

    Gassho
    Victor

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    Mp
    Guest
    Beautiful! Congratulations my brothers and sisters, I am so very happy and felt you all in my heart! =)

    Deep bows
    Shingen

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    Nindo
    Guest
    Thanks for the link Shingen! I missed most of it but was sitting zazen thinking of everybody. Came in just in time for the rakusu!

    Congratulations to all! Wonderful!

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    Finally, I got the link back!
    Thank you all. What a wonderful ceremony. Congratulations and welcome to the Jukai res today. I look forward to meeting you all under your new Dharma names.
    Gassho, Shokai

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    合掌,生開
    gassho, Shokai

    仁道 生開 / Jindo Shokai

    "Open to life in a benevolent way"

    https://sarushinzendo.wordpress.com/

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    Hi.

    Congrats everyone!

    Mtfbwy
    Fugen
    Life is our temple and its all good practice
    Blog: http://fugenblog.blogspot.com/

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    Nindo
    Guest
    Could we please get a list of all the names and who is who? 17 new names!!!

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    Kyotai
    Guest
    Looking forward to watching the whole thing this evening.

    Gassho

    Shawn

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    Yugen
    Guest
    Congratulations!!

    Deep bows
    Yugen

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    Kyotai
    Guest
    Looking forward to watching the whole thing this evening.

    Congrats to all the participants.

    Gassho

    Shawn

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    That was lovely - thank you all!

    Gassho,

    Daitetsu
    no thing needs to be added

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    Congratulations all
    Deep Bows
    Taikyo

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    Congratulations to all.
    Gassho,
    William
    "First you have to give up." Tyler Durden

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    Yes, especially for those who have not received their envelopes from Jundo and don't even know yet themselves!

    Quote Originally Posted by Nindo View Post
    Could we please get a list of all the names and who is who? 17 new names!!!

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    What happens if you were supposed to be in the ceremony, but did not receive an invitation. I followed on Shingen's link, but missed a large part.

    Gassho,
    William
    "First you have to give up." Tyler Durden

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    Wonderful ceremony! Congratulations to fellow Jukai participants, and thank you to all for witnessing. Today was a a very special day.

    Deep bows,
    Genshin (MattW)

    PS: Treena, thank you for being our spokesperson. You did an excellent job! Apologies, I know there was another, but did not catch the name - also thank you.
    Last edited by Genshin; 01-12-2014 at 04:26 PM.

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    Mp
    Guest
    Hey William,

    No one is left behind. =) You were there the whole time in our hearts, but if you felt you missed something, contact Jundo and he will go through it with you. =)

    Gassho
    Shingen


    Quote Originally Posted by William Anderson View Post
    What happens if you were supposed to be in the ceremony, but did not receive an invitation. I followed on Shingen's link, but missed a large part.

    Gassho,
    William

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    William,

    I missed large parts too due to my computer shutting down and have asked Jundo what to do. I know that one participant could not attend live and is sitting with the recording later.

    Congratulations to everyone else and grateful thanks to Treena for being the spokesperson for my group.

    Gassho
    Andy

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    Lovely ceremony. Congrats to you all!
    Gassho
    Myozan

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    Kantai
    Guest
    I also missed a large part of the ceremony due to bad internet connection or something.
    Do I need to confirm the jukai afterwards?

    Gassho
    Edward

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    Hello,

    Thanks to all.

    Lost, then found, bandwith. Well worthwhile. Look forward to being a 'circler' next time.^^


    Gassho,
    Myosha
    "Recognize suffering, remove suffering." - Shakyamuni Buddha when asked, "Uhm . . .what?"

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    I think this is the link to the other folks receiving Jukai:



    Gassho, John

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    As Jundo said during the ceremony, worry not William. You have already taken jukai in your heart, so there is nothing to "confirm". However, I am certain Jundo would be very content to go over the ceremony with you one on one.

    Gassho,
    Dosho

    Quote Originally Posted by Milarepa View Post
    I also missed a large part of the ceremony due to bad internet connection or something.
    Do I need to confirm the jukai afterwards?

    Gassho
    Edward

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    Congratulations and deep-bows to new Jukai recipients and old!

    If you would like to change your username to your dharma name, please PM with your new name and I'll get it changed. Please make sure you add your old username to your signature while we reassociate your new name. You will probably want to keep your avatar the same too for a while.

    Again, very pleased to have new brothers and sisters.

    Deep-Gassho,
    Seimyo


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    Dear All,

    I just rewatched the entire ceremony and, even with the signal dropping a few times, I am happy to report that all needed parts of the Ceremony are there! We did not miss any. If you had trouble to see or hear any section, or had trouble to get in, please rewatch the Ceremony to catch it. You can also confirm later with me in a short meeting if you wish. You were Present.

    We did it! Made it once again! Welcome to all!

    Nine Bows, Jundo
    Last edited by Jundo; 01-12-2014 at 05:43 PM.
    ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

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    Thank you, Jukaies, treeleaf, witnesses, Jundo, Taigu and all.

    It was a lovely ceremony and it still is. I'm still thinking about all part of it and the puzzle will soon be done. Or not.
    I think it's great that we, from all around the world was in Japan today to participate in this old ceremony.

    I'm glad to be a part of this
    Gassho
    Björn



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    Kantai
    Guest
    Thank you Jundo, Kyonin and the whole Sangha for a wonderful Jukai ceremony and congratulations to all fellow Jukaiees.

    Gassho
    Kantai (formerly and still known as Edward)

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