Gate Ninety-seven
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.
Accretion of happiness is a gate of Dharma illumination; for it benefits all living beings.
Accretion of happiness : An increase by natural growth in good fortune; pleasure; contentment and/or joy.
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 virtue of mudita, finding joy in the happiness and success of others, has not received sufficient attention either in expositions of Buddhist ethics, or in the meditative development of the four sublime states, of which mudita is one. It has been rightly stated that it is relatively easier for man to feel compassion or friendliness in situations which demand them, than to cherish a spontaneous feeling of shared joy, outside a narrow circle of one's family and friends. It mostly requires a deliberate effort to identify oneself with the joys and successes of others. Yet the capacity of doing so has psychological roots in man's nature which may be even deeper than his compassionate responses."
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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.
Accretion of happiness is a gate of Dharma illumination; for it benefits all living beings.
Accretion of happiness : An increase by natural growth in good fortune; pleasure; contentment and/or joy.
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 virtue of mudita, finding joy in the happiness and success of others, has not received sufficient attention either in expositions of Buddhist ethics, or in the meditative development of the four sublime states, of which mudita is one. It has been rightly stated that it is relatively easier for man to feel compassion or friendliness in situations which demand them, than to cherish a spontaneous feeling of shared joy, outside a narrow circle of one's family and friends. It mostly requires a deliberate effort to identify oneself with the joys and successes of others. Yet the capacity of doing so has psychological roots in man's nature which may be even deeper than his compassionate responses."
- The Buddha's Teaching on Unselfish Joy; link here
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Inch by inch,
Row by row,
Gonna make this garden grow.
Amongst the dark clouds
Row by row,
Gonna make this garden grow.
Amongst the dark clouds
Peeks of sun
Follow a warm smile
合掌 仁道 生開 - gassho, Jindo Shokai
stlah
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