Gate Forty-eight
Read the following, place it in your heart and sleep on it. Then, tomorrow, live it until evening when you can leave a brief comment on what you may have received during the process.
Hidden expedient means are a gate of Dharma illumination; for they are sensitive to many kinds of suffering.
A“Dharma Gate” is a teaching or practice that can lead to spiritual growth: some kind of positive outcome in terms of our practice. A way to approach the truth.
Koan:
"I found one bright pearl in my pocket. What a treasure! What a joy! How come it was with me all the time and I didn't know? I saw a friend in need, covered in tears. I gave my pearl to her, she'll need it more than me. I found a treasure - I gained nothing. I gave my treasure away - I lost nothing. My heart, One Bright Pearl Inexhaustible in All Ten Directions."
- Anna Inshin Mukerjee
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合掌,生開
gassho, Shokai
stlah
Read the following, place it in your heart and sleep on it. Then, tomorrow, live it until evening when you can leave a brief comment on what you may have received during the process.
Hidden expedient means are a gate of Dharma illumination; for they are sensitive to many kinds of suffering.
A“Dharma Gate” is a teaching or practice that can lead to spiritual growth: some kind of positive outcome in terms of our practice. A way to approach the truth.
Koan:
"I found one bright pearl in my pocket. What a treasure! What a joy! How come it was with me all the time and I didn't know? I saw a friend in need, covered in tears. I gave my pearl to her, she'll need it more than me. I found a treasure - I gained nothing. I gave my treasure away - I lost nothing. My heart, One Bright Pearl Inexhaustible in All Ten Directions."
- Anna Inshin Mukerjee
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pearl-oyster.jpg
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Those with least are often
Those with most to share.
So often unseen
Yet the moon
Keeps the tides flowing
Those with most to share.
So often unseen
Yet the moon
Keeps the tides flowing
合掌,生開
gassho, Shokai
stlah
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