The Fifty-sixth Gate

The four right exertions are a gate of Dharma illumination; for they eliminate all evils and realize many kinds of good.

The four right exertions :
1) to prevent bad that has not yet occurred,
2) to cause bad that has already occurred to be extinguished,
3) to cause to occur good that has not yet occurred,
4) to promote the good that has already occurred.

Exertion / Restraint :
vigorous action or effort / the act of holding back, controlling, or checking.



gassho, Shokai
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