“HO MON MURYO SEI GAN GAKU
Dharma gates are beyond measure, I vow to enter them all”

— the third of the Four Bodhisattva vows chanted daily in Zen monasteries

I love the idea of gateways, and openings, small passageways by which we can access new land and horizons.  For me, gateways bring to mind literature such as Alice in Wonderland, The Secret Garden and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in which passages to somewhere else are integral parts of the story.

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