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.
BODHIDHARMANot creating delusions is enlightenment.
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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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But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.
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To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings.
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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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Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.
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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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If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won’t see the Buddha.
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Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
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Those who worship don’t know, and those who know don’t worship.
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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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When we’re deluded there’s a world to escape. When we’re aware, there’s nothing to escape.
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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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As long as you’re enthralled by a lifeless form, you’re not free.
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As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you’ll never see that your own mind is the Buddha
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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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