Gate Seventy-five
Read the following, place it in your heart and sleep on it. Then, tomorrow, live it until evening when you can leave a brief comment on what you may have received during the process.
Right view is a gate of Dharma illumination; for [with it] we attain the noble path on which the superfluous is exhausted
Right view : to perceive all dharmas clearly without hindrance
By “Dharma Gate”, We mean a teaching or practice that can lead to spiritual growth: some kind of positive outcome in terms of our practice. A way to approach the truth.
Koan: Cultivating Right View: "Right View develops from practice of the Eightfold Path. For example, the practice of samadhi through Right Effort, Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration prepares the mind for penetrating insight. Meditation is associated with "Right Concentration." Ethical conduct through Right Speech, Right Action and Right Livelihood also support Right View through cultivation of compassion. Compassion and wisdom are said to be the two wings of Buddhism. Compassion helps us break through our narrow, self-centered views, which enables wisdom. Wisdom helps us realize nothing is really separate, which enables compassion. By the same token, the wisdom parts of the path—— Right View and Right Thought -- support the other parts of the path. Ignorance is one of the root poisons that brings with it greed and ill-will."
Most note worthy replies :
合掌 仁道 生開 - gassho, Jindo Shokai
stlah
Read the following, place it in your heart and sleep on it. Then, tomorrow, live it until evening when you can leave a brief comment on what you may have received during the process.
Right view is a gate of Dharma illumination; for [with it] we attain the noble path on which the superfluous is exhausted
Right view : to perceive all dharmas clearly without hindrance
By “Dharma Gate”, We mean a teaching or practice that can lead to spiritual growth: some kind of positive outcome in terms of our practice. A way to approach the truth.
Koan: Cultivating Right View: "Right View develops from practice of the Eightfold Path. For example, the practice of samadhi through Right Effort, Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration prepares the mind for penetrating insight. Meditation is associated with "Right Concentration." Ethical conduct through Right Speech, Right Action and Right Livelihood also support Right View through cultivation of compassion. Compassion and wisdom are said to be the two wings of Buddhism. Compassion helps us break through our narrow, self-centered views, which enables wisdom. Wisdom helps us realize nothing is really separate, which enables compassion. By the same token, the wisdom parts of the path—— Right View and Right Thought -- support the other parts of the path. Ignorance is one of the root poisons that brings with it greed and ill-will."
- Barbara O'Brien's Learning Religion; link here
Most note worthy replies :
Who sees flowers from weeds?
Spring Blossoms or dandelions,
Weeds or flowers,
Bees make honey alike.
Throwing myself aside to see
Throwing myself aside to see
With the eyes of all I only notice
The flowers blooming.
On the clearest days
On the clearest days
The garden
Is relieved of weeds
合掌 仁道 生開 - gassho, Jindo Shokai
stlah
Comment