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According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.

Bodhidharma

Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.
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Arise Awareness Body Buddha Either Mena Mind Prevent
When mortals are alive, they worry about death. When they’re full, they worry about hunger. Theirs is the Great Uncertainty. But sages don’t consider the past. And they don’t worry about the future. Nor do they cling to the present. And from moment to moment they follow the Way.
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Alive Death Full Hunger Mortal Worry
To have a body is to suffer.
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Body Suffer
When we’re deluded there’s a world to escape. When we’re aware, there’s nothing to escape.
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Aware Delude Escape Nothing World
Leaving behind the false, return to the true: make no discriminations between self and others. In contemplation, one’s mind should be stable and unmoving, like a wall.
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Behind Discrimination False Leave Make Other Return Self True
Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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Buddha Nonsense Practice
To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.
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Bliss Nothing See Suffer
To have a body is to suffer. Does anyone with a body know peace? Those who understand this detach themselves from all that exists and stop imagining or seeking anything. The sutras say, “To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.” When you seek nothing, you’re on the Path.
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Anyone Body Peace Sexist Stop Suffer Themselves Understand
Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.
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Delusion Humility Mean Real Reverence Revering Self Worship
One clings to life although there is nothing to be called life; another clings to death although there is nothing to be called death. In reality, there is nothing to be born; consequently, there is nothing to perish.
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Although Another Call Cling Death Life One
Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.
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Basically Immaterial Nature See
In order to see a fish you must watch the water
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Fish Nothing Order See Seek
Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.
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Awareness Buddhahood Delusion Mean
As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you’ll never see that your own mind is the Buddha
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Buddha Long Mind never Somewhere
And the Buddha is the person who’s free: free of plans, free of cares.
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Buddha Care Free Person Plan
You can’t know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.
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Deceive Hype Long Mena Real

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