Jukai

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Jukai (受戒, shou jie in Chinese) is an initiation into Zen Buddhism. It consists of study followed by ceremony during which the new Zen initiate receives a dharma name. Literally, ju means "to receive" and kai means "precepts".

Jukai is also called "taking refuge", which refers to the initiate embracing the Bodhisattva refuges and precepts. The name and number of refuges and precepts represented in the initiation may vary by school, as represented in the References section.

Although many lists of precept vows seem like "Thou Shalt Not" negativism, those are not necessarily traditional Zen Buddhism. For instance, Roshi Daido Loori's organization's site posts a translation of Dogen Zenji's very balanced Buddhist Middle Way precepts, written about 1250 A. D.


[edit] References

  • Village Zendo. "Jukai Study & Ceremony".[1] (Accessed 2006-10-31)
  • Taitaku Pat Phelan. "Taking the Precepts, Sewing Budddha's Robe".[2] (Accessed 2006-10-31)
  • John Daido Loori, Roshi. "Receiving the Zen Precepts".

[3] (Accessed 2007-03-27)


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