Your Own Light
Karin Ryuku Kempe on case 86 in the Blue Cliff Record, Yunmen’s “Everyone Has Their Own Light.”
Embodying the Way
Karin Ryuku Kempe on the fourth of the Four Vows: “Buddha’s Way is unsurpassed; I vow to embody it fully.”
Dharma Gates are Countless
Peggy Metta Sheehan on the third of the Four Vows: “Dharma gates are countless; I vow to wake to them.”
Welcoming the Thorns
Cathy Wright on the second of the Four Vows: “Greed, hatred and ignorance rise endlessly; I vow to abandon them.”
The Light of the Morning Star
Karin Ryuku Kempe on the first of the Four Vows, “The many beings are numberless; I vow to save them.”