The Eightieth 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 practice is a gate of Dharma illumination; for [with it] we arrive at the far shore.
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 coin lost in the river is found in the river.
The path is about learning to love this life, the one you have. Then it’s easy to love others, which is the other thing a practice is about.
Koans don’t really explain things. Instead, they show you something by opening a gate. You walk through, and you take the ride. Before anything is explained, there is the sky, the earth, redwood forests, pelicans, rivers, rats, the city of San Francisco. And you are part of all that. We’re all part of that. In the land of koans, you see that everything that happens in your life is for you. There is no one else it can be for. Your life counts.
Most note worthy replies:
In this gate we'll find the key to unlock the door to true harmony.
gassho, Shokai
stlahazen
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 practice is a gate of Dharma illumination; for [with it] we arrive at the far shore.
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 coin lost in the river is found in the river.
The path is about learning to love this life, the one you have. Then it’s easy to love others, which is the other thing a practice is about.
Koans don’t really explain things. Instead, they show you something by opening a gate. You walk through, and you take the ride. Before anything is explained, there is the sky, the earth, redwood forests, pelicans, rivers, rats, the city of San Francisco. And you are part of all that. We’re all part of that. In the land of koans, you see that everything that happens in your life is for you. There is no one else it can be for. Your life counts.
John Tarrant - A Lion's Roar Article
Albeit, the Right Practice referred to in this Gate is the Path; more specifically, our Zazen.Most note worthy replies:
In this gate we'll find the key to unlock the door to true harmony.
Acting rightfully
Following the Precepts
Nowhere to arrive
Already perfect
We practice
For that's perfection
Following the Precepts
Nowhere to arrive
Already perfect
We practice
For that's perfection
gassho, Shokai
stlahazen
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