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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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Everything sacred, nothing sacred.
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Everything Nothing Sacred Scare
Those who worship don’t know, and those who know don’t worship.
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Know Worship
The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.
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Body Budhha Mind Original Rel
Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen.
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Anything Lying Once People Sitting Think
Worship means reverence and humility. It means revering your real self and humbling delusions. If you can wipe out evil desires and harbor good thoughts, even if nothing shows, it’s worship. Such form is its real form.
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Delusion Humanity Humbling Mean Real Reverence Self Worship
But when you first embark on the Path, your awareness won’t be focused. You’re likely to see all sorts of strange, dreamlike scenes. But you shouldn’t doubt that all such scenes come from your own mind and nowhere else.
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Awareness Embark First Focus Path
Without the mind there is no Buddha. Without the Buddha there’s no mind.
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Buddha Mind No Without
All know the way, but few actually walk it.
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Actual All Few Know Walk Way
Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
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Create Delusion Enlightenment
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
At every moment where language can’t go, that’s your mind.
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Every Moment Language Mind
The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.
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All Dharma Nature Pure Truth
Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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Buddha Nonsense Practice
Someone who seeks the Way doesn’t look beyond himself.
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Beyond Himself Lock Seek Someone
When mortals are alive, they worry about death. When they’re full, they worry about hunger. Theirs is the Great Uncertainty. But sages don’t consider the past. And they don’t worry about the future. Nor do they cling to the present. And from moment to moment they follow the Way.
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Alive Death Full Hunger Mortal Worry
If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won’t see the Buddha.
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Buddha Look Mind See Use

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