The Seventy-second of 108 Gates Of Dharma Illumination

[Shokai]

The Seventy-second Gate: Entrustment as a part of the state of truth

Entrustment as a part of the state of truth, is a gate of Dharma illumination; for [with it] conduct is already managed. (Nishijima/Cross)
Branches of letting go are a gate of realizing Dharma; they discern actions. (Tanahashi)

Gate Gatha:

May we, together with all buddhas;
Practice Entrustment as a part of the state of truth,
That our conduct may be surely managed.

Reflection Prompts:
1. How do entrustment or letting go both give way to controlled behaviour?
2. Write a new Gate Gatha.
3. Comment on the Capping Verse.

Capping Verse:

Trust in the Dharma
When all fades
It alone remains

stlah
合掌,生開
gassho, Shokai
stlah
仁道 生開 / Jindo Shokai
"Open to life in a benevolent way"

[Dainei]

1. Entrustment and letting go are the same yet different aspects of accepting the Dharma just is and thus there are no actions to take and no behavior to control. It's self-regulating in a way.

2. May we and all buddhas;
Abide with faith in the Dharma;
That there's nothing to do or not do.

3. Dharma, or the truth, is . . . not needing believers, observers, time or space. Dharma, Buddha tested, Occam approved.

Gassho,
Dainei
SatLah