Great Plains Zen Center
Precepts, Jukai, and Ordination

Precepts, Jukai, and Ordination

Precepts, Jukai and Ordination

Receiving the precepts in the jukai ceremony

On these pages, you will find information on the Sixteen Bodhisattva Precepts, The Zen Peacemaker three tenets and four commtiments, and practicing the Day of Reflection.   You can also learn about making more formal commitments to the Buddha Way by receiving the precepts through lay ordination (jukai) or choosing the priest path through a ceremony called tokudo.