Buddhist initiation ritual
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"Jyukai" redirects here. For the band Jyukai, see Jyukai (band).
"Jukai" redirects here. For the forest in Japan, see Aokigahara.
The Lay Buddhist Ordination (Chinese: 受戒; pinyin: shòujiè; Japanese pronunciation: Jukai; Korean: 수계; romaja: sugye) refers to the public ordination ceremony wherein a lay follower of Zen Buddhism receives certain Buddhist precepts.[1] The particulars of the ceremony differ widely by country and by school of Buddhism.