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

[Ippo]

Congratulations to all,

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

Gassho,

Ippo

SatToday

[Shonin 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

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

[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


Autolyse

[Guest]

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:

Shinchi (Steve G)

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

Gassho, J

stlah