A new rakusu (Buddhist robe) for a new Bodhisattva (awakening being).

You are cordially invited to attend the Ceremony of Receiving the Bodhisattva Precepts, or Jukai, for Houston Zen Center members Bruce Handley and Debra Pogue.

In this ancient ceremony, the initiates will receive and recite the 16 Bodhisattva Precepts from Abbot Gaelyn. Each initiate has sewn a Buddhist robe, or rakusu. Each initiate will formally receive the rakusu along with a Buddhist name and the lineage chart showing their place in the long line of Zen practitioners from the time of Shakyamuni Buddha. The ceremony will take place in the Zendo of Houston Zen Center, with a modest zoom access available. For those who have already received the precepts, this is an opportunity to celebrate and refresh your own Bodhisattva vows.

Please RSVP to Stephen.

Great congratulations to the seven new Bodhisattvas. For further information, please contact the co-Tantos, Gayle Klaybor and Vicki Glenn, the co-Heads of Practice of Houston Zen Center.