The Sixty-seventh Gate:
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.
The power of wisdom* is a gate of Dharma illumination; for [with it] we depart from the two extremes.
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:
It is important to note that one of the characteristics of Zen Buddhism as opposed the other forms of Buddhism is the belief that enlightenment can be achieved in this lifetime (not at the point of death).
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Most note worthy replies:
Looking left, I see left
Looking right, I see right
Standing here I see all
Looking in the ten directions
Acting and thinking with wisdom
I never depart from the Way
Knowing left from right
We walk straight
And never backwards
Notes:
* Power of Wisdom: great or marked ability to know what is true or right coupled with just judgment as to action.
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.
The power of wisdom* is a gate of Dharma illumination; for [with it] we depart from the two extremes.
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:
It is important to note that one of the characteristics of Zen Buddhism as opposed the other forms of Buddhism is the belief that enlightenment can be achieved in this lifetime (not at the point of death).
Clear card.jpg
Most note worthy replies:
Looking left, I see left
Looking right, I see right
Standing here I see all
Looking in the ten directions
Acting and thinking with wisdom
I never depart from the Way
Knowing left from right
We walk straight
And never backwards
Notes:
* Power of Wisdom: great or marked ability to know what is true or right coupled with just judgment as to action.
gassho, Shokai
stlah
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