The Nineteenth of 108 Gates Of Dharma Illumination

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  • Shokai
    Treeleaf Priest
    • Mar 2009
    • 6394
    #1

    The Nineteenth of 108 Gates Of Dharma Illumination

    19) The Nineteenth Gate: Reflection on suffering

    Reflection on suffering is a gate of Dharma illumination; for [with it] we cease all aspirations.(Nishijima/Cross)

    Visualizing suffering is a gate of realizing Dharma; it frees you from all wishes. (Tanahashi)

    Gate Gatha:
    May we, together with all beings:
    Dispel all of our aspirations.
    That we may be free to perceive reality as it is.

    Reflection Prompts:
    1. How does the reflection of suffering remove aspirations?

    2. Do you feel the Capping Verse is appropriate?

    Capping Verse:
    Rainbows disappear
    All of them
    Why keep chasing them?


    gassho, Shokai
    stlah
    合掌,生開
    gassho, Shokai

    仁道 生開 / Jindo Shokai
    "Open to life in a benevolent way"
    https://sarushinzendo.wordpress.com/
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    • Anchi
      Member
      • Sep 2015
      • 556
      #2



      Gasshô

      安知
      Life itself is the only teacher.
      一 Joko Beck

      STLah
      安知 Anchi

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        • aprapti
          Member
          • Jun 2017
          • 889
          #3



          aprapti


          sat

          hobo kore dojo / 歩歩是道場 / step, step, there is my place of practice
          Aprāpti (अप्राप्ति) non-attainment

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            • Tairin
              Member
              • Feb 2016
              • 2822
              #4
              Thank you Shokai.

              I can only comment on my own experience but certainly most of my “suffering” comes from wanting things to be different than what they are. As an example, a busy day when I would really like to just have a quiet day to read or play guitar. Certainly it may be my aspiration to get caught up on reading or work on some new music yet if i get caught up in that aspiration I might set my day up full of resentments. If I set aside my aspirations of the day I might actually find some joy in the day ahead of me.

              I really like the capping verse. We can never capture a rainbow and if we make that a goal we are setting ourselves up for disappointment. Meanwhile we may also miss the rainbow right in front of us.


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

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                • Tai Do
                  Member
                  • Jan 2019
                  • 1457
                  #5
                  Thank you, Shokai!


                  1. How does the reflection of suffering remove aspirations?
                  Like Tairin said, when we reflect on the suffering caused by our attachment to aspirations and wishes, we can let go of them and find joy in the ways things are (instead of the way we wish things were). Another way is when we reflect on the suffering of others, as it can take us away from our egoic aspirations and remind us of our Bodhissatva vow to save all sentient beings.


                  2. Do you feel the Capping Verse is appropriate?
                  Tairin said it all!

                  Gassho,
                  Mateus
                  Satlah
                  怠努 (Tai Do) - Lazy Effort
                  (also known as Mateus )

                  禅戒一如 (Zen Kai Ichi Nyo) - Zazen and the Precepts are One!

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                    • Naiko
                      Member
                      • Aug 2019
                      • 842
                      #6

                      Naiko
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