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Still 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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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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And as long as you’re subject to birth and death, you’ll never attain enlightenment.
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Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.
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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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As mortals, we’re ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
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If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won’t see the Buddha.
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At every moment where language can’t go, that’s your mind.
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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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Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way.
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Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher’s help.
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