53/108 Gates of Dharma Illumination

[Shokai]

The Fifty-third Gate

Feeling as an abode of mindfulness is a gate of Dharma illumination; for [with it] we detach from all miscellaneous feelings.

Feeling:
the general state of consciousness considered independently of particular sensations, thoughts, etc


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gassho, Shokai
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[Nengei]

Awareness of feelings,
Where they come from and
Why they are there,
Empowers my ability
To see feelings with objectivity.

And writing a sentence
As though it were a verse
Does not
Make it a poem.

Gassho
Nengei
Sat today. LAH.

[Seikan]

Forget this and that
Focus on
Feeling, not the felt


Gassho,
Seikan

-stlah-

[Seikan]

Awareness of feelings,
Where they come from and
Why they are there,
Empowers my ability
To see feelings with objectivity.

And writing a sentence
As though it were a verse
Does not
Make it a poem.

Gassho
Nengei
Sat today. LAH.

Spot on my friend!

And regarding your second point, it all depends on who you ask. Your reflection works as verse to me. ;-)

Gassho,
Seikan

-stlah-

[Shokai]

Nengei;
Ditto to that, what Seikan just wrote


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