Jukai names

[Kokuu]

I hope at least we get an accurate translation. Don't want to end up like this! http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ekqxtappOs...Larsen_enl.JPG!

[MyoHo]

[Shokai]

Oh, you mean something like:
馬臀 - Umaden - Horse Buttocks

[Mp]

I hope at least we get an accurate translation. Don't want to end up like this! http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ekqxtappOs...Larsen_enl.JPG!

LOL ... Me either!

Gassho
Shingen

[Jakuden]

Pondering Dharma names, this thread popped up and gave me a chuckle...

Gassho,
Jakuden
SatToday

[Myogan]

Interesting thing with the Japanese characters, called kanji, is that the same Kanji has similar but different meanings depending on context and placement within the word. For example the 岩 in 明岩 in Japanese can stand for rock, Boulder, crag, cliff, anchor.

gassho
sat

[Washin]

Interesting thread to read and reflect on.
Thank you for digging it up, Jakuden.

I'm given the name "Washin" (Harmonious, Cooperative Mind-Heart) where I sense
presence of some traits of my character (cooperative, collaborative.. don't know but some say)
as well as something to strive for (harmony, balance, no extremes -- the middle way..)
So, here we have Washin, sitting and "washing colors with white"
I really like it.

Gassho
Washin/Sergey
sat-today

[Chiko]

I found this interesting article recently on this very topic. It helped me approach the subject of dharma names with some humility:

"It’s not that you get a new name — it’s that the rug is pulled out from your old one. Nothing has been replaced, only lost. A name is a powerful thing. If your name is Susan, you’re probably always been Susan. That name is one of the first words you heard, one of the first words you learned to identify with a signifier. You most likely cannot imagine notbeing Susan. You know where Susan went to high school, who her best friends are, what she likes and what she avoids. You know Susan’s favorite color. You know how she walks, what flavor ice cream she always chooses. There’s a good chance that you know what Susan wants.
But if Susan is given the name Daiji, and if she uses it, suddenly there’s a disconnect. It’s jarring to be called by another name, especially when that name is attached to a particular practice, a specific way of being. Susan might always get mint chocolate chip, but Daiji doesn’t know what to order. Daiji and Susan are not really from the same place; they have a shared history, but Daiji’s is very short, very fresh in comparison (some priests celebrate their ordination day as their birthday — by that system, I’m a much younger man, with a much broader future). Daiji is all possibility. Specifically, Susan does not know how to live the precepts, how to fulfill vow. But that’s OK, because Daiji is the one who took on that responsibility, who was entrusted with saving all beings and cutting through all delusion. Daiji, if we’re lucky, might just see a way."

from: http://nyoho.com/tag/dharma-name/


Chiko (Matt)
SatToday

[Washin]

It’s about moving beyond being this person or that person, about expanding beyond what any one individual can aspire to.

Good read.. Thank you for sharing, Chiko.

Gassho
Washin/Sergey
ST

[Jika]

I personally find the new Dharma name uncomfortable: as if it was clothing I have to grow into.
Hanging on me a bit clumsy, like the rakusu.
Others seem to look better with theirs...
And I was afraid my parents would perceive it as a rejection of the name they chose for me.
But everyone is very happy, my aunt even called to say she heard what a beautiful name I'd been given.

Well, with my Sangha's help, I'll do my best to take care of this flower to heal and grow.


Gassho
Jika
#sattoday

[Frank]

Danny..clothing to grow into....well said.
so happy for you and your family support

Gassho
Frank
Sat Today

[Jishin]

Jukai names

[FONT=Georgia]"It’s not that you get a new name — it’s that the rug is pulled out from your old one. Nothing has been replaced, only lost.

Not one effing think has changed about me when I got my dharma name. Nothing gained or lost.

Gasho, Jishin, _/st\_