The mind is always present. You just don’t see it.
BODHIDHARMAAnd the Buddha is the person who’s free: free of plans, free of cares.
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And the Buddha is the person who’s free: free of plans, free of cares.
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Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.
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Leaving behind the false, return to the true: make no discriminations between self and others. In contemplation, one’s mind should be stable and unmoving, like a wall.
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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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At every moment where language can’t go, that’s your mind.
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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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According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.
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Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
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I do not need any writing, since I transmit teaching beyond words and ideas.
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The Way is basically perfect. It doesn’t require perfecting.
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Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.
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Everything sacred, nothing sacred.
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Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
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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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If you see your nature, you don’t need to read sutras or invoke buddhas. Erudition and knowledge are not only useless but also cloud your awareness. Doctrines are only for pointing to the mind. Once you see your mind, why pay attention to doctrines?
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People of this world are deluded. They’re always longing for something – always, in a word, seeking.
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In order to see a fish you must watch the water
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The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They’re not the Way.
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Reality has no inside, outside, or middle part.
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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.
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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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Those who worship don’t know, and those who know don’t worship.
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Without the mind there is no Buddha. Without the Buddha there’s no mind.
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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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But people of the deepest understanding look within, distracted by nothing. Since a clear mind is the Buddha, they attain the understanding of a Buddha without using the mind.
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