If your mind is pure, all buddha-lands are pure.
BODHIDHARMAWithout the mind there is no Buddha. Without the Buddha there’s no mind.
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Someone who seeks the Way doesn’t look beyond himself.
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And as long as you’re subject to birth and death, you’ll never attain enlightenment.
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Trying to find a buddha or enlightenment is like trying to grab space.
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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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When we’re deluded there’s a world to escape. When we’re aware, there’s nothing to escape.
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Worship means reverence and humility. It means revering your real self and humbling delusions. If you can wipe out evil desires and harbor good thoughts, even if nothing shows, it’s worship. Such form is its real form.
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The awareness of mortals falls short. As long as they’re attached to appearances, they’re unaware that their minds are empty. And by mistakenly clinging to the appearance of things they lose the Way.
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Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.
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To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
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Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
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People who don’t see their own nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are liars and fools.
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The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They’re not the Way.
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As long as you’re enthralled by a lifeless form, you’re not free.
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Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.
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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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