74/108 Gates of Dharma Illumination

[Shokai]

The Seventy-fourth Gate

Abandonment, as a part of the state of truth, is a gate of Dharma illumination; for [with it] we [can] turn away from all kinds of lives.

Abandonment :
being in harmonious or proper arrangement; proportional

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gassho, Shokai
stlah

[Nengei]

Find your way
And do not deviate.
Look past the distractions
And see the Lotus.

Gassho,
Nengei
Sat today. LAH.

[Inshin]

When you grow tired of samsara,
Beacause you've realised that you've lived all sorts of lives: beggars, kings, rich and poor
That only lead to new lives and new suffering,
You know there's nothing much to strive for,
And you want waste your time
Sitting Zazen.

Gassho
Sat

[Shōnin Risa Bear]

Why are people called Buddhas
After they die?
Because they don't grumble any more,
Because they don't make a nuisance
Of themselves any more

--Ikkyu.

gassho
d shonin sat/lah this morning

[Shokai]

--Ikkyu

gassho
d shonin sat/lah this morning

:D

[Seikan]

A mind unhindered
Unrestrained
Is free to be free


Gassho,
Seikan

-stlah-