The mind is always present. You just don’t see it.
BODHIDHARMABuddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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The essence of the Way is detachment.
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To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
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Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.
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Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen.
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The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind.
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I do not need any writing, since I transmit teaching beyond words and ideas.
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To have a body is to suffer.
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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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Many roads lead to the Path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.
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Don’t hate life and death or love life and death. Keep your every thought free of delusion, and in life you’ll witness the beginning of nirvana, and in death you’ll experience the assurance of no rebirth.
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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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Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.
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Life and death are important. Don’t suffer them in vain.
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Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.
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