Gate Eighty-three
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.
The bodhi-mind* is a gate of Dharma illumination; for [with it] we are not separated from the Three Treasures.
A “Dharma Gate” is 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:
"Bodhicitta is a spontaneous wish to attain enlightenment motivated by great compassion for all sentient beings, accompanied by a falling away of the attachment to the illusion of an inherently existing self. The mind of great compassion and bodhicitta motivates one to attain enlightenment as quickly as possible and benefit infinite sentient beings through their emanations and other skillful means. Bodhicitta is a felt need to replace others' suffering with bliss. Since the ultimate end of suffering is nirvana, bodhicitta necessarily involves a motivation to help others to awaken.A person who has a spontaneous realization or motivation of bodhicitta is called a bodhisattva."
-Norman FischerWikipedia; link here
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If we can perceive
That all the Dharma is one
How far are we from Buddha-Dharma-Sangha?
This mind and Buddha's
Both awake
But this one takes naps.
Notes:
* -Bodhi-mind ( bodhicitta ) : Awakened mind. way-seeking mind, the will to the truth.
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.
The bodhi-mind* is a gate of Dharma illumination; for [with it] we are not separated from the Three Treasures.
A “Dharma Gate” is 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:
"Bodhicitta is a spontaneous wish to attain enlightenment motivated by great compassion for all sentient beings, accompanied by a falling away of the attachment to the illusion of an inherently existing self. The mind of great compassion and bodhicitta motivates one to attain enlightenment as quickly as possible and benefit infinite sentient beings through their emanations and other skillful means. Bodhicitta is a felt need to replace others' suffering with bliss. Since the ultimate end of suffering is nirvana, bodhicitta necessarily involves a motivation to help others to awaken.A person who has a spontaneous realization or motivation of bodhicitta is called a bodhisattva."
-Norman FischerWikipedia; link here
Click image for larger version.
be kind.jpg
Most note worthy replies :
If we can perceive
That all the Dharma is one
How far are we from Buddha-Dharma-Sangha?
This mind and Buddha's
Both awake
But this one takes naps.
Notes:
* -Bodhi-mind ( bodhicitta ) : Awakened mind. way-seeking mind, the will to the truth.
合掌 仁道 生開 - gassho, Jindo Shokai
stlah
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