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Our 2013 Treeleaf Jukai (Undertaking the Precepts) Celebration is Here!
Daizan.... "Great Mountain". A reference to my weight gain over the recent holidays..
Edit. .. being funny aside ... I know the calligraphy and lineage paper are not about artistic beauty, but they are deeply beautiful and treasured that way too. Bows.
Technical difficulties, schmeclical difficulties! All these people got together from 5 different countries (and who knows how many others in different countries will watch it). Let it sink in for a minute. Pretty amazing!
Awesome Jukai ceremony this morning. Deep bows to all. Yes Nenka, pretty amazing indeed!
Jokudo...
Joku- silent/serene
do- way/path
Gassho, Shawn Jakudo Hinton
It all begins when we say, “I”. Everything that follows is illusion.
"Even to speak the word Buddha is dragging in the mud soaking wet; Even to say the word Zen is a total embarrassment."
寂道
After Jukai 2012, my practice became much more clear. I don't know if it was sewing the rakusu or simply knowing a bit more of the Dhamma through the process, but after Jukai I felt like instead of trying to do practice, I was practicing at last. I don't know if many of you feel the same, but if you do, this is an exciting time and we are all there with you.
Bows
求道芸化 Kyūdō Geika
I am just a priest-in-training, please do not take anything I say as a teaching.
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