--- In [email protected], Tonya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am interested in learning about The Precepta and how I can take them. I am also interested in Jukai. I am wondering if it possible to start a lay-person home based practice or do I have to attend classes? Any advice or information will be helpful > Thank you > Tonya
Of course you can do anything on your own but it is useful to have the stability and guidance of teachers where you can find them. May I ask where (approximately) you are located? I will probably become a formal student of the mountains and Rivers order, which is located in the Catskill mountains of New York. It's about a four hour trip for me but I really identified with theh people there. At some point I will probably take the precepts and become a student. They have barriers to entry such as attending a full sesshin for a week (7-8 hours of zazen a day) and doign tangyaro, (dawn to dusk sitting), and meeting with some of the people there. After that you take the Jukai. or something like that.. -DaveK ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/S27xlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Current Book Discussion: Appreciate Your Life by Taizan Maezumi Roshi Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZenForum/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
