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.
BODHIDHARMATo seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.
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To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings.
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Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.
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But deluded people don’t realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside.
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Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.
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Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.
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Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
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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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The mind is always present. You just don’t see it.
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If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it’s the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past.
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And the Buddha is the person who’s free: free of plans, free of cares.
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Reality has no inside, outside, or middle part.
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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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The essence of the Way is detachment.
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You can’t know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.
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Someone who seeks the Way doesn’t look beyond himself.
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