50/108 Gates of Dharma Illimination

[Shokai]

The Fiftieth Gate

The sense organs are a gate of Dharma illumination; for [with them] we practice the right way.

Sense organs:

Eye, Ear, Nose, Tongue, Body and Mind


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Gassho, Shokai
stlah

[Inshin]

Whirling washing machine, shrilling cartoon on TV, humming road traffic.
Hammering my head.
Resistance to noise intensifies migraine.
I sit Zazen.
Body and mind flow.
Whirling washing machine, shrilling cartoon on TV, humming road traffic.
The sound of Silence.

Gassho
Sat

[Shokai]

Whirling washing machine, shrilling cartoon on TV, humming road traffic.
Hammering my head.
Resistance to noise intensifies migraine.
I sit Zazen.
Body and mind flow.
Whirling washing machine, shrilling cartoon on TV, humming road traffic.
The sound of Silence.

Gassho
Sat

Amid all that clamor, you find silence in Zazen; beautiful

gassho, Shokai
stalh

[Seikan]

We meet the world through the senses, as the sensory world IS our world. Where else could we practice the Dharma?

As we sense the world
We live it
Where else could we be?

Gassho,
Seikan

-stlah-

[Shokai]

We meet the world through the senses, as the sensory world IS our world. Where else could we practice the Dharma?

As we sense the world
We live it
Where else could we be?

Gassho,
Seikan

-stlah-

true

[Nengei]

Our sense organs at least show us how to ask: Are we doing it right?

Gassho
Nengei
Sat today.