47/108 Gates of Dharma Illumination

[Shokai]

The Forty-seventh Gate

The mind without enmity and intimacy is a gate of Dharma illumination; for [with it], when among enemies and intimates, we are impartial.


gassho, Shokai
stlah

[Tairin]

That’s a tough one. To be without preferences when it comes to somethings can be easier but there is something about people and our reactions to them that makes it much more challenging to truly be impartial. “Fake it til you make it”

Thank you for these Shokai. I don’t feel I have much to contribute to each new Gate but I am following along daily.


Tairin
Sat today and lah

[Shokai]

Tairin;

I see you, Thanks for being!

gassho, Shokai
stlah

[Seikan]

It's easier to remain impartial to the world if we practice alone on a mountain somewhere, but can we maintain equanimity while surrounded by the pleasures and pain of the "regular" world?

Water everywhere
A duck swims
Without getting wet

Gassho,
Seikan

-stlah-

[Nengei]

Without enmity, I do not yearn for liberation from aggravation.
Without intimacy, I do not cry for what my heart holds dear.
But I am alive and so I find my stillness among my desirings.

Gassho,
Nengei
Sat today. LAH.

[Shokai]

Nengei, Seikan;

Wonderful

Gassho, Shokai
stlah

[Jakuden]

With practice, enemies no longer exist.
Intimates are the greatest challenge of all.

Gassho,
Jakuden
SatToday


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[Shokai]

With practice, enemies no longer exist.
Intimates are the greatest challenge of all.

Gassho,
Jakuden
SatToday


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Couldn't be truer

gassho, Shokai
stlah