Buddhist initiation

The Buddhist initiation (Pali: Ārādhanā; Chinese: 受戒; pinyin: shòujiè; Japanese pronunciation: Jukai; Korean: 수계; romaja: sugye) refers to the public initiation ceremony wherein a lay follower of Buddhism takes refuge in the Triple Gem and receives certain Buddhist precepts. The particulars of the ceremony differ widely by country and by schools of Buddhism.