59/108 Gates of Dharma Illumination

Shokai

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59/108 Gates of Dharma Illumination

02-20-2021, 04:26 AM

The Fifty-ninth Gate

The faculty of effort is a gate of Dharma illumination; for [with it] we thoroughly attain many kinds of wisdom

Effort :
exertion of physical or mental power

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gassho, Shokai
stlah

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gassho, Shokai

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Seikan

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02-20-2021, 09:13 PM

Sitting in Zazen—
Effortless
But not less effort

Gassho,
Seikan

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弘道聖簡 Kōdō Seikan
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Nengei

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02-21-2021, 03:01 AM

Through effort
We gain all, just as
Through effort
We lose all.

Gassho,
Nengei
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遜道念芸 Sondō Nengei (he/him)

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