Summary: Episode Description: Sensei Robert explores the third Great Vow, translated variously as "reality is boundless; I vow to perceive it" or "Dharma gates are boundless; I vow to enter them." He regales us with the gobsmacking adventures that first brought him through the "Dharma gate" -- including hedonism and illness in Asia, fool's errands to remote monasteries, a mysteriously forgetful Australian monk, harassing soldiers, stick-wielding village mobs, buckets of salad dressing dumped on his head, and an epic hitch/hike to Tassajara. He goes on to examine the subtle meaning of entering Dharma gates: how "moving through gates" is such a felicitous image for meeting the newly arriving moment, and how we must always step through with our whole body and being -- since we have no choice but to feel (not think) our way into this moment. Please note Part 1 of this Series is Episode # 1040. For Teacher BIO, please visit Part 2. To access the entire series, please click on the link below: Living and Practicing in Vow Sesshin Series: All 4 Parts
