The Forty-seventh Gate

The mind without enmity and intimacy is a gate of Dharma illumination; for [with it], when among enemies and intimates, we are impartial.

Enmity / Intimacy:

a feeling or condition of hostility / a close association with or detailed knowledge or deep understanding of


May we together with all beings
Free our minds from hatred and attachment
That we may be assured of impartiality