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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.

Bodhidharma

People of this world are deluded. They’re always longing for something – always, in a word, seeking.
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Longing People World
When you don’t understand, you depend on reality. When you do understand, reality depends on you.
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Depend Reality Understand You
Reality has no inside, outside, or middle part.
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Inside Middle Outside Part Reality
The essence of the Way is detachment.
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Death Essence Way
Life and death are important. Don’t suffer them in vain.
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Death Important Life Suffer Vain
The essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances.
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Appearance Detach Essence Freedom Goal Practice Way
As mortals, we’re ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
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Condition Morais Ourselves Rule
The Way is basically perfect. It doesn’t require perfecting. The Way has no form or sound. It’s subtle and hard to perceive. It’s like when you drink water: you know how hot or cold it is, but you can’t tell others.
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Ay Basic Perfect Require
In order to see a fish you must watch the water
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Fish Nothing Order See Seek
Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.
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Appear Birth Budhha Death Disappear Freely Move Will
To have a body is to suffer.
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Body Suffer
The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They’re not the Way.
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Behind Truth Ultimate Way Word
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
Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher’s help.
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Enlight Million One Only Person Teacher
At every moment where language can’t go, that’s your mind.
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Every Moment Language Mind
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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