Our January 2023 Treeleaf JUKAI (Undertaking the Precepts) CELEBRATION! -MAIN PAGE-

[Jundo]

The time has again arrived for our annual



JUKAI CEREMONY at Treeleaf Sangha


... to commence Sunday, January 15th at Midnight (Sunday-Monday) Japan time (that is New York 10am, Los Angeles 7am (Sunday morning), London 3pm and Paris 4pm (Sunday afternoon)) (Aussie-Zealanders ... you figure it out! ;)). The ceremony will last about 1 hour, and will be visible from that time at the screen below:


https://youtu.be/gStaTKzFmw8

Our 22 Preceptees come together simultaneously from 9 countries (from Russia, Brazil, England, Canada, Sweden, New Zealand, Australia, USA and Japan ... plus several other folks undertaking Jukai with us for the second or more times) 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. Jundo Cohen is the Preceptor.

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, wrote 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!

It is an honor to experience this moment with you.

Gassho, Jundo
SatTodayLAH


http://www.watanabedo-gomuin.jp/images/gomuin-sanbouin-inei-01.jpg


Traditional "Three Treasures Seal" (三宝印) Representing the Bloodline

[Jundo]

~~ INSTRUCTIONS TO JOIN ~~

Dear All,

We will have two Zoom rooms going, one for FIRST TIME JUKAI-EES, and another for others who are renewing their Vows, attending informally or coming as witnesses. Welcome to all. Please make sure you go to the right room, as we want to save the main room for our first-time recipients this time.

We are asking that all our new Jukai-ees and returning past Jukai-ees renewing their vows come into their respective Zoom Room (with camera and microphone if possible) ...

FIRST TIME JUKAI-EES:

PLEASE DO NOT ENTER UNTIL SOMETIME LATER THAN 20 MINUTES BEFORE THE SCHEDULED START TIME, as the weekly Sunday Sit with Washin from Ukraine will still be happening in the room before then. Thank you.

In our Scheduled Sitting Room: TREELEAF Now (https://www.treeleaf.org/now/go.php?l=ssr) OR at DIRECT ZOOM LINK (https://zoom.us/j/4834831244), password (if needed): dogen

NOTE THAT WE WILL TRY TO ALL SAY OUR VOWS TOGETHER THIS YEAR, WITH MICROPHONES, so please be muted at the start of the Ceremony, but be ready to turn your microphone on when I say. :encouragement:

RENEWING JUKAI-EES, INFORMAL PARTICIPANTS AND WITNESSES, all are invited:[/B]

In our Meeting Room: TREELEAF Now (https://www.treeleaf.org/now/go.php?l=meet) OR at DIRECT ZOOM LINK (https://zoom.us/j/4834831200), password (if needed): dogen

Anyone who has undertaken Jukai before, here or at another Sangha, is welcome to join us in the Meeting Room to renew your vows or just to observe as a witness.

You can also observe "one way" via the view screen above in the post above. Thank you.

Gassho, Jundo

STLah

[Ippo]

Looking forward to this :)

Gassho,

Sat Today

[Bokugan]

Just dropping in to say congrats to all Jukai-ees! gassho2 Thank you all for your practice and dedication.

Deep bows to you all

Gassho,

Bokugan
SatToday

[Tokan]

Hi all

I will be missing this as will be 4am NZ time and I've got a heavy schedule both behind and in front of me, so I'll renew myself by youtube later in the day.
To the first time jukai-ees, my congratulations to you, enjoy the moment.

Gassho, gassho, gassho - Tokan (satlah)

[Onkai]

That was a lovely ceremony. Thank you, all who have taken the precepts. It made me feel delighted.

Gassho,
Onkai
Sat lah

[Naiko]

It was a beautiful and moving ceremony. Congratulations to our Jukaiees. I hope you are enjoying the glow of all your efforts.
Gassho,
Naiko
st

[Byokan]

[grouphug]

Wonderful, such a happy day! Thank you to all for your practice and service.


Gassho
Byōkan

[Nengei]

Thank you all for your practice and dedication. What a wonderful day.

Gassho,
Nengei
Sat today. LAH.

[Bion]

Love you all, and congratulations. Keep the precepts close yo tour heart, put on the rakusu daily, and live for the benefit of everyone.

Be well and thank you for the commitment you made today!

[emoji1374] Sat Today lah

[Zenkon]

Congratulations to all on your hard work and commitment.

Gassho

Zenkon

[KvonNJ]

Congrats to all the newly minted Jukai vow-holders!

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Sat today

[aprapti]

congratulations, new brothers-and-sisters-in-the-dharma and welcome in the world wide sangha..


gassho1 aprapti


sat (with you all, but no wifi reach)

[Geika]

Congratulations and bows to all gassho2

Gassho
Sat, lah

[Doshin]

gassho2

Doshin
St

[Ippo]

Congratulations to all,

I look forward to sitting this one-way with all of you!

Gassho,

Ippo

SatToday

[Shōnin Risa Bear]

That was lovely.

gassho
ds sat

[Nenka]

Congratulations!

Gassho

Nenka
ST

[michaelw]

Thank you to all for your help and support through the last months.
Taking the precepts on my birthday means I shall always remember the anniversary
of Jukai and what I was doing on my seventy-fifth birthday.

Deep Gassho
MichaelW

sat

[Bion]

Thank you to all for your help and support through the last months.
Taking the precepts on my birthday means I shall always remember the anniversary
of Jukai and what I was doing on my seventy-fifth birthday.

Deep Gassho
MichaelW

sat

Happy belated birthday Michael! How lovely! [emoji512]

[emoji1374] Sat

[Mokuseki]

Thank you all. As a first time Jukaiee - it was a wonderful ceremony and I was honoured to be part of it.

Gassho gassho1

Mukoseki (sat today in the Euro Kiwi SSR - wearing the rakusu [morehappy])

[autolyse]

I have never seen a jukai ceremony before. This was beautiful and I hope to participate this coming year. Congratulations to all!

Sat today
gassho1

Autolyse

[Daiman]

This was a beautiful ceremony and so glad to be a part of it! Thank you from the bottom of my heart to Shakyamuni Buddha and all successive teachers known and unknown all the way to our teacher Jundo and to all of the sangha that continue to support this wonderful practice!

Gassho,

Daiman
Sat Today

[Tai Do]

It was lovely. it's an honor to have participated in the Jukai Ceremony with all my fellow Jukaiees. Thank you for everyone that made this ceremony possible.
Gassho,
Tai Do (Mateus)
Satlah

[ZenKen]

Thank you to all who facilitated Jukai, presided over it, were its hands and eyes and hearts. And to my fellow jukaiees, it was a privilege to take the precepts with you. I really enjoyed hearing our rather ragged chorus of "Yes, I will" - it truly brought home that we were all together in one place in our own places and countries.
I found it to be deeply meaningful and moving, but also joyous and fun (and funny). I'm already looking forward to watching Sangha friends take jukai next year. For now, I shall commence sewing my rakusu case.

Gassho
ZenKen (Anna - Zen Dog!)
satlah

[Meiun]

The ceremony was fantastic and it was great to feel the connections to so many other members of the Sangha.

I have to say that it was really easy to forget that we were all scattered far and wide and it made taking the precepts and receiving rakusu all the more special...

I've had to refer back to kotei's very helpful instruction for how to wear the rakusu though this morning, it turns out that it's not as easy to prostrate and keep my rakusu off the floor as I thought it would be! Some practice is required [emoji38]

Deep gratitude to Jundo and to everyone in the Sangha for making this possible and for offering so much advice and support along the way.

Gassho [emoji120]

Meiun (Mike)

Sat today

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[Bion]

The ceremony was fantastic and it was great to feel the connections to so many other members of the Sangha.

I have to say that it was really easy to forget that we were all scattered far and wide and it made taking the precepts and receiving rakusu all the more special...

I've had to refer back to kotei's very helpful instruction for how to wear the rakusu though this morning, it turns out that it's not as easy to prostrate and keep my rakusu off the floor as I thought it would be! Some practice is required [emoji38]

Deep gratitude to Jundo and to everyone in the Sangha for making this possible and for offering so much advice and support along the way.

Gassho [emoji120]

Meiun (Mike)

Sat today

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It is quite a process to prostrate with it. [emoji23] Pin to chest with [emoji1374] hold until it lays over the thighs, pin to chest with thighs! [emoji1] tada! [emoji1787]

[emoji1374] Sat Today lah

[Tai Shi]

Gratefully on January 10, 2016 I undertook the Precepts, my rakusu gift of the Sangha because of arthritis and my wife sewed my cover to pattern in one afternoon and one evening: this from scraps from her sewing basket, black brocade with beautifully plain deep gray-green rakusu I humbally now renewed, looked on appropriately for a man 71. I dedicated to helping as Ubasoku and I am grandmotherly for all. I ask you if you like to contribute to our several Poetry threads. My favorite which I started years ago a thread Big and Little poetry--any verse. The caps my way to encourage you. We write short or long any type with some or no great effort, my gratitude as I read every poem with joy, so you may compose . This is a Buddhist Sangha. No one is good or bad. Try, also our Haiku thread and two Poetry threads that I know of. Actually our skill at keeping entries we see other places three or so lines. I often do just that. I encourage any length of poetry and to write love I studied above my abilities. Never be afraid of trying your writing my friends. I am excited for you. Jundo, please excuse. I encourage others to write here. Tai Shi meaning calm poetry which has become more and more calm as I write now for my Sangha, Treeleaf. Truly all the world is our temple.
Gasho
Sat/lah
Tai shi

[Shinchi]

Just wanted to say thank you to Jundo and all who made Jukai such a beautiful and meaningful experience. I am grateful to have had the opportunity to participate.

Gassho,
Shinchi (Steve G)
STlah

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[Jundo]

I just like this: :p




Shinchi (Steve G)

... from my Pixel 4a (5G) ...

Gassho, J

stlah

[Chikyo]

Thank you to Jundo and all that helped to facilitate the ceremony! I found it profound and quite moving (Even with the flu [morehappy]). I came to Treeleaf by way of my Buddhist philosophy instructor at University. The one thing I remember him telling me was that he had heard that the Jukai ceremony at Treeleaf was deeply meaningful. He was correct! Thank you also to all my fellow jukaiees, I greatly enjoyed going through this with you all.

Gassho,
Chikyo (Greg)
SAT, LAH

[Kaiku]

Good morning Jundo,

I know you asked some of us to share our Jukai experiences along the way up to and once Jukai was completed, and perhaps some experiences directly after. I was thinking of may be sharing mine. Is the forum you would like us to share these experiences this forum or a different forum?

Gassho
Kaiku
SatTodayLAH

[Koriki]

It was an honor to go through Jukai with all of you. I had wanted to do it years ago, but didn't take the opportunity. After becoming housebound due to illness I thought that it would never happen (which I was ok with, as well) until I found TreeLeaf. It has been great wearing the rakusu during zazen all week. Very meaningful. Thanks again for the opportunity to practice with y'all.

Gassho,

Kō (aka Koriki aka MarkJ)
s@

[Jundo]

Good morning Jundo,

I know you asked some of us to share our Jukai experiences along the way up to and once Jukai was completed, and perhaps some experiences directly after. I was thinking of may be sharing mine. Is the forum you would like us to share these experiences this forum or a different forum?

Gassho
Kaiku
SatTodayLAH

Here is fine, if that is okay.

Gassho, J

stlah

[Andrea]

A lovely ceremony for all the Jukai-ees... maybe I'll be joining you next year.

[ZenKen]

A lovely ceremony for all the Jukai-ees... maybe I'll be joining you next year.

That would be lovely, Andrea

Deep bows

Gassho
ZenKen (Anna)
satlah