The 95th of 108 Gates Of Dharma Illumination

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  • Shokai
    Treeleaf Priest
    • Mar 2009
    • 6393

    The 95th of 108 Gates Of Dharma Illumination

    Gate Ninety-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.

    Acceptance of the right Dharma is a gate of Dharma illumination; for it eradicates the afflictions of all living beings.

    Acceptance of the right Dharma : The act of assenting or believing that which is in accordance with what is good, proper, or just with regard to reality.

    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:
    "The Shurangama Sutra is a Sutra that acts like a demon-spotting mirror in Buddhism. All the celestial demons, externalists, and the li, mei, and wangliang ghosts reveal their true appearance when they see the Shurangama Sutra. They have no way to hide and no place to flee to. And so in the past, when Great Master Zhi Zhe heard of the existence of this Sutra, he bowed in the direction of India for eighteen years. For eighteen years, he used this spirit of utmost sincerity to pray for this Sutra to be brought to China.

    Of all the greatly virtuous and eminent monks of the past, all the wise and lofty Sanghans, there was not a single one who did not praise the Shurangama Sutra. Therefore, as long as the Shurangama Sutra exists, the Buddhadharma exists. If the Shurangama Sutra is destroyed, then the Buddha*dharma will also become extinct. ."
    - City of ten Thousand Buddhas; link here



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    Look past the veils
    And see what is.
    Dharma has no mythos, if that is what you are looking for.
    You are walking on rock, not water!

    The path goes nowhere;
    Knowing this
    We walk every inch



    合掌 仁道 生開 - gassho, Jindo Shokai
    stlah
    合掌,生開
    gassho, Shokai

    仁道 生開 / Jindo Shokai

    "Open to life in a benevolent way"

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  • Nengyoku
    Member
    • Jun 2021
    • 536

    #2
    Thank you for being the warmth in my world.

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    • Washin
      Treeleaf Unsui
      • Dec 2014
      • 3794

      #3
      Kaidō (皆道) Every Way
      Washin (和信) Harmony Trust
      ----
      I am a novice priest-in-training. Anything that I say must not be considered as teaching
      and should be taken with a 'grain of salt'.

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      • Anchi
        Member
        • Sep 2015
        • 556

        #4
        Life itself is the only teacher.
        一 Joko Beck


        STLah
        安知 Anchi

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        • aprapti
          Member
          • Jun 2017
          • 889

          #5

          hobo kore dojo / 歩歩是道場 / step, step, there is my place of practice

          Aprāpti (अप्राप्ति) non-attainment

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          • Myo Shin
            Member
            • Aug 2021
            • 49

            #6

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            • Tairin
              Member
              • Feb 2016
              • 2818

              #7


              Tairin
              Sat today and lah
              泰林 - Tai Rin - Peaceful Woods

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              • Juki
                Member
                • Dec 2012
                • 771

                #8


                Juki
                "First you have to give up." Tyler Durden

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