Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way.
BODHIDHARMAAccording to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.
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People of this world are deluded. They’re always longing for something – always, in a word, seeking.
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As mortals, we’re ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
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Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.
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Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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At every moment where language can’t go, that’s your mind.
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People who don’t see their own nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are liars and fools.
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To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
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Reality has no inside, outside, or middle part.
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This one life has no form and is empty by nature. If you become attached by any form, you should reject it. If you see an ego, a soul, a birth, or a death, reject them all.
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The Way is basically perfect. It doesn’t require perfecting.
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When we’re deluded there’s a world to escape. When we’re aware, there’s nothing to escape.
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Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher’s help.
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When your mind doesn’t stir inside, the world doesn’t arise outside. When the world and the mind are both transparent, this is true vision. And such understanding is true understanding.
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To see nothing is to perceive the Way, and to understand nothing is to know the Dharma, because seeing is neither seeing nor not seeing, and because understanding is neither understanding nor not understanding.
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You can’t know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.
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