The Fifty-seventh Gate is the four bases of mystical power * .

The Gatha to be repeated three or four times throughout today is:

May we, together with all buddhas;
Reflect on acting at will,
That we may remove weight of decisions

Thank you for your practice.
gassho, Shokai, still learning the way and knowing nothing.

*1) chanda (volition),
2) vīrya (effort),
3) citta (intelligence),
4) mīmāṃsā (profound consideration)