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  • Meitou
    Member
    • Feb 2017
    • 1656

    Thank you Shokai

    Dear Shokai, thank you again for taking us gently through the 108 Dharma Gates. It has been a very special journey for me this year, as I've been noting the gates every day in my journal and they've shed light on the passing, often dark, days.
    Deep bows
    Meitou
    Sattoday lah
    命 Mei - life
    島 Tou - island
  • Kotei
    Treeleaf Priest
    • Mar 2015
    • 4166

    #2
    Oh yes,
    thank you Shokai!
    This year, I subscribed to the blog and with this got them via mail every day, took them with me.

    Gassho,
    Kotei sat/lah today.
    義道 冴庭 / Gidō Kotei.

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    • Tairin
      Member
      • Feb 2016
      • 2824

      #3
      Thank you Shokai. Like Kotei I received a new Dharma Gate each day via email so had them with me for the day


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

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      • Washin
        Treeleaf Unsui
        • Dec 2014
        • 3796

        #4
        Very much appreciated indeed. Thank you, Shokai, for taking us along the way.
        This year I've been following this closely like others did.

        Gassho,
        Washin
        st-lah
        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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        • Tai Do
          Member
          • Jan 2019
          • 1457

          #5
          Shokai, thank you for bringing the 108 Gates to us again. This year I could follow all 108 fo them. I didn't subscribe to the blog because I didn't wanted to receive more e-mails than I already receive, but I put it as my inicial page on my cell phone. It was the first thing I recited before getting up and the last before going to bed. Thank you ver much. I will miss the daily Gates.
          Gassho,
          Mateus
          Sat/LAH
          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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          • aprapti
            Member
            • Jun 2017
            • 889

            #6
            thanks, Shokai



            aprapti

            std

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

            Aprāpti (अप्राप्ति) non-attainment

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            • Doshin
              Member
              • May 2015
              • 2641

              #7
              Yes thank you. I also learned to use twitter to receive Gates

              Doshin
              St

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              • Nengei
                Member
                • Dec 2016
                • 1696

                #8
                Yes, Shokai, much appreciation and metta to you. This was a nice connection through the season. Maybe we should have a gatha of the day go out to everyone!

                Gassho,
                Nengei
                Sat. LAH.
                遜道念芸 Sondō Nengei (he/him)

                Please excuse any indication that I am trying to teach anything. I am a priest in training and have no qualifications or credentials to teach Zen practice or the Dharma.

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                • Shokai
                  Treeleaf Priest
                  • Mar 2009
                  • 6394

                  #9
                  Thank you all for your kind thoughts. there are traditionally two more entries. Over the past seven years, I am amused evry time by the fact that there are 109 gates in The Shobogenzo appendix. So, I do the last Gate this evening and then tomorrow i write a sort of conclusion to it all. Further to that , last year I did a summer series on the gathas associated with each gate. If there is enough interest amongst you I'd consider doing that again. As well I'm entertaining thoughts of doing small thesis on some of the individual elements.
                  So, watch for the last two entries and let me know your thoughts on the above proposals. It could turn into a sort of study series.

                  gassho, Shokai
                  stlah
                  Last edited by Shokai; 04-09-2020, 12:44 AM.
                  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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                  • Tairin
                    Member
                    • Feb 2016
                    • 2824

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Shokai
                    Thank you all for your kind thoughts. there are traditionally two more entries. Over the past seven years, I am amused evry time by the fact that there are 109 gates in The Shobogenzo appendix. So, I do the last Gate this evening and then tomorrow i write a sort of conclusion to it all. Further to that , last year I did a summer series on the gathas associated with each gate. If there is enough interest amongst you I'd consider doing that again. As well I hope to do. as well I'm entertaining thoughts of doing small thesis on some of the individual elements.
                    So, watch for the last two entries and let me know your thoughts on the above proposals. It could turn into a sort of study series.

                    gashso, Shokai
                    stlah
                    Hi Shokai

                    Sounds good. Count me in


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

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                    • Meitou
                      Member
                      • Feb 2017
                      • 1656

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Shokai
                      Thank you all for your kind thoughts. there are traditionally two more entries. Over the past seven years, I am amused evry time by the fact that there are 109 gates in The Shobogenzo appendix. So, I do the last Gate this evening and then tomorrow i write a sort of conclusion to it all. Further to that , last year I did a summer series on the gathas associated with each gate. If there is enough interest amongst you I'd consider doing that again. As well I'm entertaining thoughts of doing small thesis on some of the individual elements.
                      So, watch for the last two entries and let me know your thoughts on the above proposals. It could turn into a sort of study series.

                      gassho, Shokai
                      stlah
                      Yes, l would be interested in that too. I did laugh when I received the 109 email this morning, catches me out every year
                      Gassho
                      Meitou
                      Sattoday lah
                      命 Mei - life
                      島 Tou - island

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                      • Tai Do
                        Member
                        • Jan 2019
                        • 1457

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Shokai
                        Thank you all for your kind thoughts. there are traditionally two more entries. Over the past seven years, I am amused evry time by the fact that there are 109 gates in The Shobogenzo appendix. So, I do the last Gate this evening and then tomorrow i write a sort of conclusion to it all. Further to that , last year I did a summer series on the gathas associated with each gate. If there is enough interest amongst you I'd consider doing that again. As well I'm entertaining thoughts of doing small thesis on some of the individual elements.
                        So, watch for the last two entries and let me know your thoughts on the above proposals. It could turn into a sort of study series.

                        gassho, Shokai
                        stlah
                        I would love if you do this. Looking forward...
                        Gassho,
                        Mateus
                        Sat/LAH
                        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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                        • Yokai
                          Member
                          • Jan 2020
                          • 507

                          #13
                          Thank you Shokai . As a late arrival I "gatecrashed" the last dozen or so gates. I'd be very interested in any new series.

                          Gassho, Chris stlah

                          p.s. What can I do with Twitter now...?

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