Skip to content

Rochester Zen Center

  • Home
  • About
    • Who We Are
      • Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede
      • Roshi Philip Kapleau
      • Roshi Kapleau and His Teachers
      • Trustees & Officers
      • Affiliate Groups
    • Meetings & Finances
    • Policies and Bylaws
    • News & Events
    • Photo Gallery
    • Giving to the Center
  • Get Started
    • What is Zen Practice?
    • How to Sit
    • Stretches for Sitting
    • Introduction to Zen: Online Meditation Workshop
    • Tuesday Beginners’ Night
    • Finding Your Seat
    • Becoming a Member
  • Programs
    • Online Extended Sitting and Teisho
    • Term Intensives
    • Family Program
    • Residential Zen Training
    • Weekly Schedule during Lockdown
    • Seeing Through Racism
    • Live Streaming Audio
  • Sesshin
    • Guidelines for Online Sesshin
    • Setting Up for Online Sesshin
    • Online Sesshin Application
    • Sesshin Information
    • Upcoming sesshins
    • Daily Sesshin Schedule
    • Airport Arrival Information
  • Library
    • RZC Podcast
    • Streaming Audio
    • Videos
    • Zen Bow
    • Zen Center Chants
    • Suggested Reading List
    • Recipes
  • Chapin Mill
    • Chapin Mill Map & Directions
    • Chapin Mill Photos
    • 2019 Chapin Mill Work Retreat
    • Chapin Mill Rental Calendar
    • Rental Information
  • Calendar
    • Online Calendar
    • Quarterly Calendars
  • Contact Us

Home     >     Precepts

Precepts

November 28, 2020

Jukai–the Ceremony of Taking the Precepts

A look at the several elements of the ceremony. The ten cardinal precepts are examined in the context of the “five trials” of 2020: the pandemic; its financial consequences; the intensifying effects of climate change; the clearer revelation of systemic racism and its ongoing wounds; and the alarming rise of political divisiveness.

Continue reading "Jukai–the Ceremony of Taking the Precepts"

November 30, 2019

Jukai and the Internet

An overview of today’s ceremony of Receiving the Precepts, with a look at how the Internet adds further challenges in upholding the Ten Cardinal Precepts.

Continue reading "Jukai and the Internet"

November 17, 2019

The Buddhist Precepts in the Context of Environmentalism

With our annual ceremony of Receiving the Precepts (Jukai) coming up, here Roshi applies those precepts to the growing threat of climate change and how we might reduce the harm we are inevitably causing to the environment.

Continue reading "The Buddhist Precepts in the Context of Environmentalism"

November 24, 2018

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

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.

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

October 30, 2018

I Resolve Not to Kill: A Call to Arms

The First Buddhist Precept — to resolve not to kill — sounds deceptively simple, and yet it can be a lifelong koan.

Continue reading "I Resolve Not to Kill: A Call to Arms"

July 26, 2007

The Sweet Dew of Perfection Saturates All

An exploration of the three cardinal precepts related to Right Speech: not to lie, not to discuss the faults of others, and not to praise oneself.

Continue reading "The Sweet Dew of Perfection Saturates All"
  • News Stream
    • Events
    • Photo Galleries
    • Podcast
    • Quarterly Mailings
    • Sangha Emails
    • Zen Bow
  • Recipes
  • About
    • What is Zen Practice?
    • News & Events
    • Photo Gallery
  • Calendar
  • Contact Us
  • Get Started
    • How to Sit
    • Introduction to Zen: Online Meditation Workshop
    • Beginners’ Night
    • Becoming a Member
  • Programs & Events
    • Residential Zen Training
    • Family Program
    • Online Extended Sitting and Teisho
    • Term Intensives
    • Chapin Mill Work Retreat
    • Seeing Through Racism
  • Sesshin
    • Setting Up for Online Sesshin
    • Guidelines for Online Sesshin
    • Online Sesshin Application
    • Sesshin Information
    • Daily Sesshin Schedule
    • Upcoming sesshins
  • Library
    • RZC Podcast
    • Videos
    • Zen Chants
    • Zen Bow
    • Photo Gallery
  • Chapin Mill
    • Rental Information
    • Chapin Mill Photos
    • Map & Directions
    • Chapin Mill Rental Calendar
  • Donate

7 Arnold Park, Rochester, NY 14607 (585) 473-9180

© 2021 : Rochester Zen Center

  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • Instagram