NOTICE FROM JUNDO: IT'S JUKAI TIME .... AGAIN!

[Jinho]

Re: NOTICE FROM JUNDO: IT'S JUKAI TIME .... AGAIN!

Definitely good to hear others chime in on this one. I think my main thing about jukai is that I'm used to deciding for myself what I feel or how I interpret anything spiritual. So in joining a particular faith there's certain things that one has to accept ( or at least should), otherwise what's the point?

Dave

Hi Dave,

My experience at Treeleaf (and other zen sanghas) is that one is very much encouraged to decide for oneself. The preparation for Jukai specifically involves alot of discussion and thought about each precept so each person comes to a personal understanding (very much NOT an understanding from someone else, although one may choose to agree with and adopt an understanding expressed by one of the writers we will read in the required and suggested readings). In last year's discussion there were many different interpretations/applications expressed by the sangha members.

Anyway, I guess I am trying to say that, IMHO, zen is NOT about blindly accepting someone else's supposed orthodoxy.

thank you for your time,
Jinho

[Jundo]

Re: NOTICE FROM JUNDO: IT'S JUKAI TIME .... AGAIN!

I just wanted to add a "DITTO" to everything Jinho said in the last two posts.

[Dojin]

Re: NOTICE FROM JUNDO: IT'S JUKAI TIME .... AGAIN!

i just want to say that rowan explain it perfectly it is very individual for every one.

one of my favorite quotes is

" Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense. " - Buddha.

Gassho, Dojin.