The 79th of 108 Gates Of Dharma Illumination

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  • Shokai
    Treeleaf Priest
    • Mar 2009
    • 6394

    The 79th of 108 Gates Of Dharma Illumination

    Special Notice: I will state it right here and now: WE HAVE GREMLINS. Gate 78 went to the same time and space as Gate 58. Although I have no proof, I definitely prepared and posted both of them


    The Seventy-ninth 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.


    Right livelihood is a gate of Dharma illumination; for [with it] we get rid of all evil ways.

    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:
    We talk a lot about what we should understand, but what should we do? At the center of the Noble Eightfold Path is Right Livelihood, which stands in stark contrast to all of the ways that people can cause suffering in human society and the natural world. For more and more of us this is not such a great mystery in its basic practical forms, but there is always more to be done and more to be understood.

    Most note worthy replies:
    Once we establish the intention and act accordingly, the evil ways are automatically prevented.
    Working as we must,
    the heart of the Bodhisattva
    seeks only to light the path.

    Doing the good work
    We plant seeds
    That bear fruit for all

    p.s. -see also:what Barbara O'Brien has to say about Right Livelihood
    gassho, Shokai
    stlah
    Last edited by Shokai; 03-10-2024, 01:58 AM.
    合掌,生開
    gassho, Shokai

    仁道 生開 / Jindo Shokai

    "Open to life in a benevolent way"

    https://sarushinzendo.wordpress.com/
  • Tairin
    Member
    • Feb 2016
    • 2826

    #2
    Thank you Shokai

    I am almost certain I read and responded to Gate 78 yesterday. Oh well everything is impermanent, including Treeleaf posts.


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

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    • Zenkon
      Member
      • May 2020
      • 226

      #3
      I saw gate 78 yesterday, as expected. I never saw gate 58.

      Gassho

      ZenKon
      sat/lah

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      • Ramine
        Member
        • Jul 2023
        • 159

        #4
        I never saw gate 78…. those gremlins!

        Ramine

        Sat lah

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        • Shokai
          Treeleaf Priest
          • Mar 2009
          • 6394

          #5
          Lol, at least you saw 78, no one was quick enough to catch 58 . Unfortunately, I don't have a copy of either to repost'

          gassho, Shokai
          合掌,生開
          gassho, Shokai

          仁道 生開 / Jindo Shokai

          "Open to life in a benevolent way"

          https://sarushinzendo.wordpress.com/

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