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Well, the day has arrived for our JUKAI (Undertaking the Precepts) CEREMONY … … our first ever for Treeleaf Sangha … … and (we believe) the first Jukai Ceremony ever conducted fully online since, well, Buddhism began!! There is more about the meaning of “Jukai” below. But first, here is the record of our ceremony…

As we get ready for our Jukai (Undertaking the Precepts Ceremony) this Saturday (see here) … … some folks wrote to ask whether the Precepts were really necessary. Don’t the Precepts, and gentleness … a dropping of greed, anger and ignorance … naturally arise in our Zazen and Zen practice? Well, perhaps it is not…

This Saturday, our Treeleaf Sangha will be having our first … and what seems to be the … “World’s First”… ALL ONLINE JUKAI (Undertaking the Precepts) CEREMONY!! Please come watch, if you have the time. The live netcast will start here (and on this blog) at this link … http://www.ustream.tv/channel/sit-a-long-with-jundo from SATURDAY, JANUARY 17th 2009…

Today, some more to do in our “How To” Zazen … Life is a million things to do. These days, all of us are juggling so much … Is Buddhism a teaching of passivity? Must it mean withdrawal from the world? Not at all! “Just Sitting” Shikantaza is stillness … whether sitting or when moving.…
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