Jukai is the Mahayana Taking-the-Precepts ceremony, in which students receive the Sixteen Precepts, and commit to putting them into practice to the best of their ability. For our mid-winter Jukai this year we are offering the Jukai ceremony on Sunday morning, followed by a shared lunch at the Centre. All are welcome. The ceremony opens at 10 a.with the chanting of the Kannon Gyo and the Heart Sutra, then we recite a repentance gatha (verse) as a means of purification prior to receiving the Sixteen Precepts: The Three Refuges, the Three General Resolutions and the Ten Cardinal Precepts, each repeated three times. Before the ceremony the zendo will be open for informal sitting from 8:30 AM.
The Jukai Ceremony will be streamed live on Mixlr from 10 a.m. onwards, and the recording of the ceremony will be available from our podcast page after the ceremony. If you are unable to attend the ceremony on Sunday, you may like to use the podcast to hold your own ceremony at home at a later date.