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Repentance Gatha

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  • Fukanzazengi
  • Torei Zenji: Bodhisattva's Vow
  • True Prayer: Why We Bow and Chant
  • Glossary to the Diamond Sutra
  • Index to the Diamond Sutra
  • The Diamond Cutter Sutra
  • Affirming Faith In Mind
  • Four Great Vows
  • The Heart of the Prajna Paramita Sutra
  • How to Sit (Zazen)
  • Lineage from "Transmission of Light"
  • Chao-chou's Dog
  • The Sound of One Hand
  • Repentance Gatha
  • The Heart Sutra in Buddhist Sanskrit
  • Dictionary of Zen and Buddhist Terms

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  • Find a Center Nearby
  • Sitting Groups in Portland, Oregon
  • Primary Zen Texts
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Suffering is not real in its nature,
only arising when thought arises.
When mind disappears,
suffering will also be destroyed.

After mind disappears and suffering is destroyed,
then originally both are empty.

That is what is called
true repentance.

Steven E. Newton / sen@zentexts.org / Mar 29 2022