The essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances.
BODHIDHARMAStill others commit all sorts of evil deeds, claiming karma doesn’t exist. They erroneously maintain that since everything is empty, committing evil isn’t wrong. Such persons fall into a hell of endless darkness with no hope of release. Those who are wise hold no such conception.
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Whoever realizes that the six senses aren’t real, that the five aggregates are fictions, that no such things can be located anywhere in the body, understands the language of Buddhas.
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Freeing oneself from words is liberation.
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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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Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.
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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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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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Unless you see your nature, all this talk about cause & effect is nonsense. Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher’s help.
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Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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At every moment where language can’t go, that’s your mind.
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To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.
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Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.
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Those who worship don’t know, and those who know don’t worship.
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Reality has no inside, outside, or middle part.
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An Awakened person is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.
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