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Cease from practice based on intellectual understanding, pursuing words, and following after speech.

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No matter how bad a state of mind you may get into, if you keep strong and hold out, eventually the floating clouds must vanish and the withering wind must cease.
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Clouds Hold Into Keep Out Strong Wind
In a mind clear as still water, even the waves, breaking, are reflecting its light.
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Break Buddhist Clear Light Mind Reflect Wave
Those who practice know whether realization is attained or not, just as those who drink water know whether it is hot or cold
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Cold Drink Hot Practice Realization Water
Refraining from all evil, not clinging to birth and death, working in deep compassion for all sentient beings, respecting those over you and pitying those below you, without any detesting or desiring, worrying or lamentation – this is what is called Buddha. Do not search beyond it.
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Begin Birth Cling Compassion Death Deep Evil Over Refrain Respect Sentiment Work Worry
The true person is Not anyone in particular; But like the deep blue color Of the limitless sky, It is everyone, Everywhere in the world.
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Anyone Blue Color Everything Limitless Person Sky World
In the mundane, nothing is sacred. In sacredness, nothing is mundane.
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Mundane Nothing Sacred Sacredness
If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?
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Art Expect Spiritual Truth
A zen master’s life is one continuous mistake.
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Continue Life Master Mistake People
There are those who, attracted by grass, flowers, mountains, and waters, flow into the Buddha Way.
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Attach Buddha Flower Mountain Water Way
Students today should live fully every moment of time. This dew-like life fades away; time speeds swiftly. In this short life of ours, avoid involvement in superfluous things and just study the Way.
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Dew Discipline Every Fully Life Moment Short Student Time
Practice and enlightenment are not two.
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Enlightenment Happen Practice Two
Something you want badly enough can always be gained. No matter how fierce the enemy, how remote the beautiful lady, or how carefully guarded the treasure, there is always a means to the goal for the earnest seeker. The unseen help of the guardian gods of heaven and earth assure fulfillment.
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Always Badly Beautiful Enough Gain Goal Mean Soemrthing
Nothing in the entire universe is hidden.
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Entire Hide Universe
Realization doesn’t destroy the individual any more than the reflection of the moon breaks a drop of water. A drop of water can reflect the whole sky.
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Destroy Drop Individual Moon Realization Reflection Sky Water
A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.
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Fool Himself Men Other Wise
To study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self.
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Forget Self Study Way

Cease from practice based on intellectual understanding, pursuing words, and following after speech.

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