To enter by reason means to realize the essence through
instruction and to believe that all living things share the same
true nature, which isn’t apparent because it’s shrouded by
sensation and delusion. Those who turn from delusion back to
reality, who meditate on walls, the absence of self and other,
the oneness of mortal and sage, and who remain unmoved, even by
scriptures, are in complete and unspoken agreement with reason.
Without moving, without effort, they enter, we say, by reason.
To enter by practice refers to four all-inclusive practices:
suffering injustice, adapting to conditions, seeking nothing and
practicing the Dharma. 1 • First, suffering injustice. When
those who search for the path encounter adversity, they should
think to themselves, “In countless ages gone by, I’ve turned
from the essential to the trivial and wandered through all
manner of existence, often angry without cause and guilty of
numberless transgressions. Now, though I do no wrong, I’m
punished by my past. Neither gods nor men