Our January 2020 Treeleaf JUKAI (Undertaking the Precepts) CELEBRATION! -MAIN PAGE-

[Ippo]

Thank you very deeply Jundo, priests, Tree Leaf, and the other Jukai recipients. I don't fully understand the significance of this day yet, and I don't need to.

I will just sit .

Deep Bows to you all! I am enormously grateful.

Gassho,

Ippo

SatToday

[Onka]

I have just undertaken this ceremony. I can't thank my partner enough for supporting me to get here. I can't find the right words to convey how I feel right now but I challenge anyone anywhere to study Jukai with Treeleaf Zendo and not see and feel the depth of our learning and the connection of our Sangha. I have just participated in one of the most beautifully radical events of my life and I'm incredibly humbled to be able to say that Jundo Cohen is my teacher and Treeleaf Zendo has welcomed me warmly into their Sangha. May I serve you all well and represent the teachings of the Ancestors with respect and gratitude.
Thank you to all who were with me today and have supported me on this journey to date.
Be kind to yourselves and look out for each other.
For Anarchy and Peace.
Gassho
Onka
Received Precepts today

*action shots from the ceremony

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[Jundo]

[Onka]

Thank you Jundo and everyone else who made this ceremony happen and helped with the preparation, it's an honour to be walking this path with you all and it was great to be able to join live for once , I just hope my small person wasn't too distracting!

Gassho,

Heiso

StLah

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It was brilliant seeing the little one coming and going. It was demonstrative of what Sangha means to me... Me, you, other Treeleaf members, my family and friends, your family and friends, plus all things and people everywhere. That is Sangha to me.
Gassho
Onka
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[Heiso]

Beautiful photos, Onka.



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[Onka]

Beautiful photos, Onka.



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Thank you Heiso
It was a privilege to be part of this ceremony with you and your helper.
My regular Zazen helper slept through the whole thing as one of the photos shows. The cheek!
It's weird perhaps but I now feel incredibly connected to everyone I shared this Jukai experience with. I also have a greater feeling of genuine warmth for all of the Treeleaf Priests, Unsui and Sangha members who helped us, guided us, prompted us, gently challenged us and supported us publicly and privately as we rode the rollercoaster that is our own journey.
Gassho
Onka
sat today/received the Precepts

[Heiso]

I share that feeling of connection and it was lovely that my little unsui could be a part of it too.

It's a special place with special people.

Gassho

Heiso

StLah

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[Seibu]

Thank you all for making this happen and for participating. Congratulations fellow Jukaiees! I felt deeply connected to all of you and I am so happy and grateful to follow Jundo's teachings and to be part of this wonderful sangha.

Deep bows,
Seibu
Sattoday/lah

[Daitetsu]

Lovely, congrats everyone!

Gassho,

Daitetsu

#sat2day

[Kyōsen]

Wonderful photos, Onka!

Great idea, too! Now you have photos to help remember this special event. I'm happy I got to take the precepts along with you

Gassho
Kyōsen (Was "Sen")
Sat|LAH

[Kyonin]

Hello everyone.

This weekend was a very difficult one for me and I wasn't able to be there with you... so...

CONGRATULATIONS to everyone!!! Our family gets bigger

May you always keep the Dharma alive with your practice.

Gassho,

Kyonin
Sat/LAH

[Hoseki]

Congratulations everybody!

Gassho,

Hoseki
Sattoday

[Junkyo]

Congratulations everyone!

Gassho

Junkyo
SAT

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[Roland]

Our January 2020 Treeleaf JUKAI (Undertaking the Precepts) CELEBRATION! -MAIN PAGE-

Congratulations!

SatToday

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[Onka]

Wonderful photos, Onka!

Great idea, too! Now you have photos to help remember this special event. I'm happy I got to take the precepts along with you

Gassho
Kyōsen (Was "Sen")
Sat|LAH

Thank you Kyosen.
It was lovely to see your beaming smile enjoying the ceremony.
I asked my partner to take photos so that my Sangha sisters, brothers and others could see that I was with them fully in the ceremony, even if not live two way.
Gassho
Onka
Still floating today/lah