Good morning!
Dogen said, “When I love the mountain, the mountain loves me.”
Whatever we treasure, teaches us. That which we love, is what we learn.
So is a Japanese proverb: “Love learns.” (好きこそ物の上手なれ: suki-koso
mono-no jōzu-nare, lit. Liking is skill.) So, treasures must be true treasures.
The triple treasures teach us unconditioned peace, unsurpassed awakening,
and unbounded love in verification.
Love of the triple learnings of sīla, samādhi, and prajñā learn the triple minds
of magnanimous, mature, mudita (joyful) minds in cultivation.
3/21/13
Note: The triple learnings of sīla, samādhi, and prajñā are usually translated
morality, concentration, and insight (wisdom, etc.) respectively. Sīla is spine
or pillar (straight, stable, established), samādhi is settling (serene, solid, safe,
satisfied in balance of all – not just mental focusing, etc., but the whole world
including mind, mouth, body), and prajñā is prognosis in the original sense
(pro-gnosis, knowing ahead, far, wide, deep).
