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01-13-2021, 02:41 AM
23/108 Gates of Dharma Illumination

The Twenty-third Gate

Humility is a gate of Dharma illumination; for [with it] eternal malevolence vanishes.

Humility :
the quality or condition of being humble; modest opinion or estimate of one's own importance
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  Shokai commented
  
  01-14-2021, 08:07 PM
  
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  Originally posted by Tairin;bt1052
  
  I really like that quote from Gandhi. That is a great perspective and very similar to how I approach our Verse of Atonement which I recite each night before bed. If gives me a chance to reflect on aspects where I may have fallen down.
  
  Tairin
  
  , Shokai
- #4
  
  Shokai commented
  
  01-14-2021, 08:07 PM
  
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  Originally posted by RobD;bt1053
  
  Agree with Tairin. I have also made the Verse of Atonement part of my daily practice. I recite it every night following evening zazen along with the Bodhisattva vows. That has been a meaningful way to close out each day and prepare myself for the next.
  
  Placing others first
  How could we
  Ever wish them harm?
  
  Gassho,
  Rob
  
  ,Shokai
- #5
  
  Shokai commented
  
  01-14-2021, 08:08 PM
  
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  Originally posted by Nengei;bt1056
  
  Humility is a reflection of my ability to recognize and acknowledge sameness, that there is no old age and death, and no end to old age and death.
  
  Gassho,
  Nengei
  
  , Shokai
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