Jukai, Buddhist (Non-)Identity, and the Power of Vows

Published: Nov. 24, 2018, 6:21 p.m.

The ceremony of Jukai (Taking the Precepts) is basically an initiation into the Dharma. To be a Buddhist is to commit to aligning oneself with what is real–direct experience, not thoughts. It is to see things as they are in order to be with things as they are.

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