page_title: Rakusu
hierarchical_section_title: Rakusu
caption_attribution_description: English: Yuzen, a buddhist monk from the Sōtō Zen sect begging at Oigawa, Kyoto. Begging is part of the training of some Buddhist sects. Français&#160;: Yuzen, un moine bouddhiste de l'école Zen Sōtō, mendie à Kyōto. La mendicité est un devoir qui fait partie de la formation des moines dans certaines écoles ou sectes. Rinzai (臨済宗)? No. Same as but I cropped it and changed the colour balance.
context_page_description: A rakusu is a traditionally Japanese garment worn around the neck of Zen Buddhists who have taken the precepts. It can also signify Lay Ordination. It is made of 16 or more strips of cloth, sewn together into a brick-like pattern by the student during their period of preparation for their jukai or ordination ceremony.
  There is no set standard, but the most common application of rakusu color is for the front of the rakusu to be black for priests and brown for teachers. The back of the rakusu is left white. The teacher will traditionally write the student's new Dharma name and occasionally their lineage.
context_section_description: A rakusu (絡子) is a traditionally Japanese garment worn around the neck of Zen Buddhists who have taken the precepts. It can also signify Lay Ordination. It is made of 16 or more strips of cloth, sewn together into a brick-like pattern by the student during their period of preparation for their jukai or ordination ceremony.
  There is no set standard, but the most common application of rakusu color is for the front of the rakusu to be black for priests and brown for teachers. The back of the rakusu is left white. The teacher will traditionally write the student's new Dharma name and occasionally their lineage.
caption: A Sōtō monk wearing his light-brown rakusu over his robes.
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