Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
BODHIDHARMAThe mind is always present. You just don’t see it.
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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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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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To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.
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The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.
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Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.
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Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.
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The Way is basically perfect. It doesn’t require perfecting.
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You can’t know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.
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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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Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen.
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Externally keep yourself away from all relationships, and internally have no pantings in your heart; when your mind is like unto a straight-standing wall, you may enter into the Path.
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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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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’s capacity is limitless, and its manifestations are inexhaustible. Seeing forms with your eyes, hearing sounds with your ears, smelling odors with your nose, tasting flavors with your tongue, every movement or state is all your mind.
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Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
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