Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.
BODHIDHARMAAs long as you’re enthralled by a lifeless form, you’re not free.
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Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
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In order to see a fish you must watch the water
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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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If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won’t see the Buddha.
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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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Everything sacred, nothing sacred.
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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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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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Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
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Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.
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The essence of the Way is detachment.
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Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.
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Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.
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An Awakened person is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.
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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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