86/108 Gates of Dharma Illumination

[Shokai]

The Eighty-sixth Gate

Development is a gate of Dharma illumination; for [with it] we realize all dharmas concerning the root of good.

Development :
the act or process of growth; progress

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gassho, Shokai
stlah

[Nengei]

What I know now
That I didn't know then
Is the importance of the right soil, the right sun, the right water.

Gassho
Nengei
Sat today. LAH.

[Seikan]

Flowers grow and bloom
By being
Nothing but themselves


Gassho,
Seikan

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