The Seventieth 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.
Effort*, as a part of the state of truth, is a gate of Dharma illumination; for [with it] we become proficient in realization.
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:
"The whole meaning of your life is in the current matter."
Effort has to do with how much work you're putting into something. A great achievement can also be considered a great effort. Effort has to do with how hard you're trying. If something is easy, it doesn't take much effort. If it's hard, it takes a lot of effort.
Most note worthy replies:
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.
Effort*, as a part of the state of truth, is a gate of Dharma illumination; for [with it] we become proficient in realization.
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:
"The whole meaning of your life is in the current matter."
—Mazu
Effort has to do with how much work you're putting into something. A great achievement can also be considered a great effort. Effort has to do with how hard you're trying. If something is easy, it doesn't take much effort. If it's hard, it takes a lot of effort.
Most note worthy replies:
May we, together with all buddhas,
practice mindful action with every step,
so that our hearts and minds may be in harmony,
and our actions may be a reflection of truth.
Practice perfection
And become
What we've always been
practice mindful action with every step,
so that our hearts and minds may be in harmony,
and our actions may be a reflection of truth.
Practice perfection
And become
What we've always been
gassho, Shokai
stlah
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