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    Sandō-Kai (Shasta Abbey (En) )

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    Sandō-Kai (Shasta Abbey (En) )

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    This document contains teachings on fundamental truths and philosophical concepts. It discusses concepts like the unity of all things yet their inherent differences, the relationship between light and darkness, the qualities of the elements, and more. It emphasizes finding the true path within and not clinging to external standards or distinctions. The overall message is that one should seek the true nature of reality from within through understanding these teachings rather than becoming lost in differences or wasting time.

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    This document contains teachings on fundamental truths and philosophical concepts. It discusses concepts like the unity of all things yet their inherent differences, the relationship between light and darkness, the qualities of the elements, and more. It emphasizes finding the true path within and not clinging to external standards or distinctions. The overall message is that one should seek the true nature of reality from within through understanding these teachings rather than becoming lost in differences or wasting time.

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    Sandd - kai *

    4l Musician: Play over the followin g lV


    4l organ lV
    Tone II, ending 2.

    4l community lf-
    From west to east, unseen, flowed out ttre Mind of ladia's
    gleatesl Sase :
    And to the source kept true 3s 3n unsrrllied I stream is
    clear. ll
    Although by wit and dullness the True TVay is I varied, :
    Yet it has no Patriarch of I south ornorrfl ll

    Here born, we clutch at I things :


    And then compound delusion, later on, by I folowing
    ideats; ll
    Each sense gate and * its object all together enter thus in mutual
    rellations:
    And yet stand apaft in a uniqueness of their own, depending
    and yet I non-dependingboUr. ll
    -
    In form and feel component things arc seen to differ I deeply; :
    Thus are voices, in inherent iso llation, soft or harsh. ll
    Such words as high and middle darkness I match; :
    Light separates the I murky from the pure. ll
    The properties of the four elements together I draw :
    Just as a child reltums unto its morher. ll
    Lo! The heat of fire, the moving wind, the water
    -
    wet,
    -
    the earth all I solid; :
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    -
    Eyes to see, sounds heard and smells; upon the tongue
    - - t:

    I
    the sour, salty taste. ll I
    ,}

    And yet, in eachrelated thjng, as leaves grow from


    the I roots, :
    -
    End and beginning here retumunto the source and "high" and
    "low" are I used respectively. ll
    -
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    But explained it cannot be by darkness rhar one- | sided is alone. ll ,l

    In darkness there is I tigtrt :


    But, here again, by light one-sided I it is not explained. ll
    * Light goes with
    I darkness :
    As the sequence does of I strps in walking; ll
    A11 things herein have inherent, great potenti
    lality, :
    Both function, I rest, reside within. ll
    Lo! tffittr the ideal comes the I actual, :
    -
    Like a box all I wirh irs lid; ll
    Lo! With the ideal comes ftre I actual, :
    -
    Like two arrows in mid- air fhat meet. ll
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    * The basic Truth witfrl in these wordq; ll


    t I-ot Hear! SetupnotlyourownstanOaras.ll
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    - you
    experience of the senses,
    - basic Truth do
    not lknow, :
    How can you ever find the path that certain is, no matter how
    far I distant you may wattt ll
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    As you walk on distinctions between near and far are I tost :

    And, should you lost become, there will arise


    - -
    + obstructing mountains and great rivers.
    I ll
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    This I offier to fhe seeker of great I Truft, :
    Do lnot waste tirne. ll

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