38/108 Gates of Dharma Illumination

[Shokai]

The Thirty-eighth Gate

Reflection on impurity is a gate of Dharma illumination; for [with it] we abandon the mind that is tainted by desire.


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gassho, Shokai
stlah

[Seikan]

While we must strive to act with the purest of intentions, we must also recognize that there is a purity to be found in even the most impure things.

Mud contains much dirt
And water
Clear as the blue sky

Gassho,
Seikan

-stlah-

[Nengei]

Reflect on this: that which is pure is equally impure. There is no end to purity, and no end to impurity. We may find the most purity in the freshest, newest flower. We may only see impurity in it, as well. It is all in our approach, in what we allow in our minds to do. How do we learn to see the purity? Through our awareness of impurity and our refusal to let our mind wander alone in that forest.

Gassho,
Nengei
Sat. NAH (needed a hand).