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Not creating delusions is enlightenment.

Bodhidharma

People of this world are deluded. They’re always longing for something, always, in a word, seeking. But the wise wake up. They choose reason over custom. They fix their minds on the sublime and let their bodies change with the seasons.
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Always Dilute Long People Something Up Wake Wise World
When we’re deluded there’s a world to escape. When we’re aware, there’s nothing to escape.
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Aware Delude Escape Nothing World
Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
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Follow Iranian Joy Path Silent Unmove Wind
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
Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
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Mind Nature Our Own
The Way is basically perfect. It doesn’t require perfecting.
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Basically Perfect Require Way
Many roads lead to the Path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.
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Basically Lead Many Path Practice Reason Road
The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind.
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Buddha Feel Meditation Mind Patience Power
People of this world are deluded. They’re always longing for something – always, in a word, seeking.
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Longing People World
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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Anyone Body Peace Sexist Stop Suffer Themselves Understand
Someone who seeks the Way doesn’t look beyond himself.
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Beyond Himself Lock Seek Someone
Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher’s help.
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Enlight Million One Only Person Teacher
Trying to find a buddha or enlightenment is like trying to grab space.
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Buddha Enlightenment Find Grasp Space Try
The true Way is sublime. It can’t be expressed in language. Of what use are scriptures? But someone who sees his own nature finds the Way, even if he can’t read a word.
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Express Language Scripture Sublime True Use Way
Without the mind there is no Buddha. Without the Buddha there’s no mind.
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Buddha Mind No Without
One clings to life although there is nothing to be called life; another clings to death although there is nothing to be called death. In reality, there is nothing to be born; consequently, there is nothing to perish.
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Although Another Call Cling Death Life One

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