We invite you to join One Heart Sangha, Joyful Mind Zen Community and Harbor Light Zendo for a joint zazenkai and Jukai ceremony. Jukai will start at 1:00 PM and be followed by light refreshments.

If you are planning to attend the jukai ceremony please click below and register.

Jukai will be preceded by a zazenkai from 9AM to noon. During the morning zazenkai portion we will have tea and light snacks, zazen, teisho (talks by Zen teachers), dokusan, chanting, and instruction. Arrive in time to be settled into the zendo by 8:55 AM for first bell at 9 AM. You will need to bring your lunch. It is very important to register if you want to attend the zazenkai because we expect a crowded zendo. There is a suggested donation of $25.

Jukai, or giving and taking the precepts, is the oldest of the Buddhist ceremonies. It is a significant rite of passage in the Way of practice, the transmission of living Wisdom. Participants in the jukai ceremony acknowledge their acceptance of the Three Treasures of Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha as a guide for their lives. Jukai is a commitment to manifest and live life as the Three Treasures, entering the stream of the lineage of the Buddha Way.

Participants have been preparing for their jukai ceremony all summer. Each participant has sewn a rakusu or Buddha’s robe. Rakusus have been part of the Zen tradition since the 9th century. They have studied the Zen Precepts and considered how they will incorporate the precepts into their lives. Finally participants have prepared a lineage chart, drawing the traditional Zen ancestry that traces from Shakyumuni Buddha through all of the Soto Zen teachers to themselves.

We invite you to attend the ceremony and join us in supporting the participants as they formally take up the Zen precepts.