As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you’ll never see that your own mind is the Buddha
BODHIDHARMAThe ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They’re not the Way.
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Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.
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This one life has no form and is empty by nature. If you become attached by any form, you should reject it. If you see an ego, a soul, a birth, or a death, reject them all.
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Everything sacred, nothing sacred.
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The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind.
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As mortals, we’re ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
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Unless you see your nature, all this talk about cause & effect is nonsense. Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.
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You can’t know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.
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Our true buddha-nature has no shape. And the dust of affliction has no form.
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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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Many roads lead to the Path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.
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Freeing oneself from words is liberation.
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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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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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The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.
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