The 99th of 108 Gates Of Dharma Illumination

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  • Shokai
    Treeleaf Priest
    • Mar 2009
    • 6393

    The 99th of 108 Gates Of Dharma Illumination

    Gate Ninety-nine
    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.

    Stillness is a gate of Dharma illumination; for it realizes, and is replete with, the samādhi of the Tathāgata.

    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:
    "When you are under stress, your body's natural repair mechanisms are disabled. When you can cultivate silence and stillness, clarity develops in your mind and has a settling effect. Your body is not independent of your brain, so it will relax as well."
    - Dennis Buttimer, Piedmont.org

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    Most note worthy replies :
    "How appropriate. To abide in resting. To act in accordance with slowing down.
    When I think of stillness I think of tranquility, even to a point of inaction."
    Approaching dhyāna
    It dances from my grasp
    Even as the drops fall. But
    This is it, this moment, the now
    Do not waste it.

    As the dust settles
    Vision clears
    Revealing all truths

    Notes:
    * Stillness : A deeper awareness of the Dharma.



    合掌 仁道 生開 - gassho, Jindo Shokai
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    合掌,生開
    gassho, Shokai

    仁道 生開 / Jindo Shokai

    "Open to life in a benevolent way"

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  • Tairin
    Member
    • Feb 2016
    • 2804

    #2
    Thank you Shokai


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

    All of life is our temple

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