Denkai talk, by Zenko Jack Wicks

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May 30, 202600:18:04Religion & Spirituality

On receiving transmission of the precepts in the denkai ceremony, it is customary in our tradition, that the recipient gives a dharma talk acknowledging their teachers and the teaching path they feel called towards.

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