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Bodhidharma

Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher’s help.
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Enlight Million One Only Person Teacher
To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature.
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Buddha Find Look Nature See
You can’t know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.
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Deceive Hype Long Mena Real
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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Attach Empty Form Life Nature One Reject
To have a body is to suffer.
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Body Suffer
The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.
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All Dharma Nature Pure Truth
To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
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Charity Give Greatest Regret Yourself
As long as you’re enthralled by a lifeless form, you’re not free.
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Enthrailed Free Lifeless Long
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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Fool Liar Nature People Practice See Thoughtfulness Time
According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.
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Accordingly Bless Deed Evil Good Hardship Result Sutras
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
Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way.
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Another Existence Reach Suffer Vary
The awareness of mortals falls short. As long as they’re attached to appearances, they’re unaware that their minds are empty. And by mistakenly clinging to the appearance of things they lose the Way.
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Appearance Attach Awareness Empty Fall Mind Mortal Short Unaware
Still others commit all sorts of evil deeds, claiming karma doesn’t exist. They erroneously maintain that since everything is empty, committing evil isn’t wrong. Such persons fall into a hell of endless darkness with no hope of release. Those who are wise hold no such conception.
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Claim Commit Deed Evil Exist Karma Other Sort
People of this world are deluded. They’re always longing for something – always, in a word, seeking.
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Longing People World
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.
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Believe Enter Instruction Live Mean Reason

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