Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.
BODHIDHARMAEverything sacred, nothing sacred.
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Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen.
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Once you stop clinging and let things be, you’ll be free, even of birth and death. You’ll transform everything.
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The essence of the Way is detachment.
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The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind.
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Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.
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Trying to find a buddha or enlightenment is like trying to grab space.
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The mind is the root from which all things grow. If you can understand the mind, everything else is included.
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Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.
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When you don’t understand, you depend on reality. When you do understand, reality depends on you.
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Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.
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And as long as you’re subject to birth and death, you’ll never attain enlightenment.
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The essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances.
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Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
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The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.
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If you use your mind to study reality, you won’t understand either your mind or reality. If you study reality without using your mind, you’ll understand both.
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