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    The Ninety-ninth of 108 Gates Of Dharma Illumination

    99) The Ninety-ninth Gate; Stillness

    Stillness is a gate of Dharma illumination; for it realizes, and is replete with, the samādhi of the Tathāgata. (Nishijima/Cross)

    Serene samadhi is a gate of realizing dharma; it accomplishes and maintains the samadhi of the Tathagata. (Tanahashi)

    Brief Teisho: - by Rev. Jundo Cohen
    ' Zen Math'

    Life/our experience is suffering if there is a gap between X (how things are) and Y (how we demand they otherwise be), and we do not accept, float with, allow, become whole with that gap between how things are (X) and what we would otherwise wish (Y).
    Shikantaza closes the gap, as we sit radically with how things are, allowing thing to become as they become, even allowing that we may not like that gap, and float along.

    Gate Gatha:
    May we, together with all buddhas;
    Remain calm, still and motionless
    That we may realize the samādhi of the Tathāgata.

    Capping Verse:
    As the dust settles
    Vision clears
    Revealing all truths



    gassho, Shokai
    stlah
    合掌,生開
    gassho, Shokai

    仁道 生開 / Jindo Shokai

    "Open to life in a benevolent way"

    https://sarushinzendo.wordpress.com/

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    Thank you Shokai

    Learning to recognize that there is stillness even in the loudest most chaotic situations is one of the most powerful lessons I have learned here from Jundo. I often remind myself of his lesson of sitting in downtown Tokyo.


    Tairin
    Sat today and lah
    泰林 - Tai Rin - Peaceful Woods

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    nothing to add to Tanahashi sensei, today..


    aprapti


    sat

    hobo kore dojo / 歩歩是道場 / step, step, there is my place of practice

    Aprāpti (अप्राप्ति) non-attainment

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    合掌,生開
    gassho, Shokai

    仁道 生開 / Jindo Shokai

    "Open to life in a benevolent way"

    https://sarushinzendo.wordpress.com/

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    合掌,生開
    gassho, Shokai

    仁道 生開 / Jindo Shokai

    "Open to life in a benevolent way"

    https://sarushinzendo.wordpress.com/

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    Life itself is the only teacher.
    一 Joko Beck


    STLah
    安知 Anchi

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