For those not attending our in-person retreat at Wisdom House, our Jukai ceremony will be streamed live from The Village Zendo’s YouTube channel.
Jukai means “to receive the precepts” – it is an initiation into the Zen Buddhist Community. New members receive the rakusu, which represents the robe of the Buddha, oryoki bowls, the kechyimyaku, connecting you to the lineage of people who practiced in the past, and a dharma name, representing qualities of their practice.
Questions? Contact registrar@villagezendo.org.
Note: If you visit the YouTube page before the ceremony begins, the live video may not appear right away when it starts. In that case, please refresh the page after the scheduled start time to see the livestream.