The one Hundred and seventh of 108 Gates Of Dharma Illumination

[Shokai]

The one Hundred and seventh Gate; The state beyond regressing and straying

The state beyond regressing and straying is a gate of Dharma illumination; for it is replete with the Dharma of past buddhas. (Nishijima/Cross)

The ground of unremitting practice is a gate of realizing dharma; it embodies the dharma of all past buddhas. (Tanahashi)

Gate Gatha:

May we, together with all buddhas;
Transcend regressing and straying
That we may become intimate with the Dharma of all past buddhas.

Reflection Prompts:

The ground of unremitting practice (The state beyond regressing and straying) embodies the dharma of all past buddhas. What more could we add to this?

Capping Verse:

Surrender fully
To the flow
And float not upstream.

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

Sarushin Zendo

[Tairin]

Surrender fully
To the flow
And float not upstream.

I’ve been blessed with a good life. While life hasn’t always worked out the way I wanted, it generally has worked out fine. This is largely due to the approach I have taken which is to take things as they come. Don’t fight my way back upstream.


Tairin
sat today and lah

[Furyu]

Like Tairin, I have more or less adapted to the flow of things in my life. Happily, things have worked out so far. Not fighting reality, there is no going back.


Fūryū
satlah

[Choujou]

Reflection Prompts:

The ground of unremitting practice (The state beyond regressing and straying) embodies the dharma of all past buddhas. What more could we add to this?

The ground of following the precepts embodies the Dharma of all past Buddhas.

Gassho,
Choujou

sat/lah today