50/108 Gates of Dharma Illimination

The Fiftieth Gate

The sense organs are a gate of Dharma illumination; for [with them] we practice the right way.

Sense organs:

Eye, Ear, Nose, Tongue, Body and Mind


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Gassho, Shokai
stlah

Whirling washing machine, shrilling cartoon on TV, humming road traffic.
Hammering my head.
Resistance to noise intensifies migraine.
I sit Zazen.
Body and mind flow.
Whirling washing machine, shrilling cartoon on TV, humming road traffic.
The sound of Silence.

Gassho
Sat

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Inshin

Whirling washing machine, shrilling cartoon on TV, humming road traffic.
Hammering my head.
Resistance to noise intensifies migraine.
I sit Zazen.
Body and mind flow.
Whirling washing machine, shrilling cartoon on TV, humming road traffic.
The sound of Silence.

Gassho
Sat

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Amid all that clamor, you find silence in Zazen; beautiful gassho2

gassho, Shokai
stalh

We meet the world through the senses, as the sensory world IS our world. Where else could we practice the Dharma?

As we sense the world
We live it
Where else could we be?

Gassho,
Seikan

-stlah-

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Seikan

We meet the world through the senses, as the sensory world IS our world. Where else could we practice the Dharma?

As we sense the world
We live it
Where else could we be?

Gassho,
Seikan

-stlah-

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true gassho2

Our sense organs at least show us how to ask: Are we doing it right?

Gassho
Nengei
Sat today.