The 72nd of 108 Gates Of Dharma Illumination

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  • Shokai
    Treeleaf Priest
    • Mar 2009
    • 6394

    The 72nd of 108 Gates Of Dharma Illumination

    The 72nd 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.

    Entrustment as a part of the state of truth, is a gate of Dharma illumination; for [with it] conduct is already managed. (Nishijima/Cross)

    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:
    Yunyan asked Daowu: “How does the Bodhisattva of Great Mercy use all those hands and eyes?
    Daowu said, “It’s like reaching behind you for a pillow in the night.”
    Yunyan said, "I understand"
    “Really? What do you understand?"
    “There are hands and eyes all over the body.”
    Daowu said, “That’s nicely put, but it’s not the whole picture.”
    Yunyan said, “How would you put it?
    Daowu said “All through the body are hands and eyes.”


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    Entrustment can lead to controlled behavior because it involves surrendering control or attachment to a certain outcome. When we entrust something or someone to the universe or a higher power, we release our need to control the situation and trust that things will work out as they should.

    Entrusting reality,
    May we, together with all Buddhas,
    Act with compassion and loving-kindness
    Letting go of our (perceived) need of control.

    Trust in the Dharma
    When all fades
    It alone remains


    gassho, Shokai
    stlah
    Last edited by Shokai; 03-03-2024, 02:02 AM.
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    gassho, Shokai

    仁道 生開 / Jindo Shokai

    "Open to life in a benevolent way"

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  • Ryker
    Member
    • Feb 2024
    • 69

    #2
    Thank you for this!
    Gasshō, Ryker

    Sat/Lah

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    • Tairin
      Member
      • Feb 2016
      • 2826

      #3
      Entrustment can lead to controlled behavior because it involves surrendering control or attachment to a certain outcome.
      My wife and I had a conversation a few nights ago about the difference between planning for the future and having control of the outcomes. It is wise to make some plans for the future (retirement specifically in my case) but don’t get attached to the outcomes. There are too many variables and too much beyond our control. The future will be what it will be.


      Tairin
      Sat today and lah
      泰林 - Tai Rin - Peaceful Woods

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      • Ramine
        Member
        • Jul 2023
        • 159

        #4
        Thank you for sharing that Tairin. So true.

        Ramine

        Sat Lah

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        • Tai Do
          Member
          • Jan 2019
          • 1457

          #5
          Thank you, Shokai! Thank you, Tairin!

          Tai Do
          Satlah
          怠努 (Tai Do) - Lazy Effort
          (also known as Mateus )

          禅戒一如 (Zen Kai Ichi Nyo) - Zazen and the Precepts are One!

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