Seal of Ji

Yutang Lin

Seeing a seal of word Ji in a dream, what be the omen?
Shower Dharma nectar equally on all beings to benefit.
After the irrigation clouds vanish and smokes disperse;
All in the world share the sunny sky after rain stopped.

Seal of Ji

Comments:

Upasaka Wang in Beijing once saw a seal of the Chinese word Ji in a dream, so he asked me to explain it to him. The Chinese word Ji consists of the word Yu (rain) on top and the word Qi (even) below. Hence, the dream should be conveying the meaning of showering equal benefit. Therefore, I interpreted the dream to signify showering Dharma nectar equally on all sentient beings so as to benefit them. One original meaning of the word Ji refers to the sunny sky after rain just stopped. Hence, there is also an additional meaning of, after the clouds dispersed and smokes vanished (after having renounced worldly concerns), all in the world will share the cloudless sunny sky (signifying the attainment of Dharmakaya). Since he had received this dream omen of such an auspicious Dharma seal, I acted in accordance with the dream by asking him to carve such a stone seal in leisure. Thereby this teaching through a dream would be pronounced.

Written in Chinese and translated on January 26, 2004
El Cerrito, California

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