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When you don’t understand, you depend on reality. When you do understand, reality depends on you.

Bodhidharma

The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.
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All Dharma Nature Pure Truth
Those who worship don’t know, and those who know don’t worship.
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Know Worship
Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher’s help.
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Enlight Million One Only Person Teacher
To enter by reason means to realize the essence through instruction and to believe that all living things share the same true nature, which isn’t apparent because it’s shrouded by sensation and delusion.
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Believe Enter Instruction Live Mean Reason
Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.
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Basically Immaterial Nature See
Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
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Mind Nature Our Own
All Buddhas preach emptiness. Why? Because they wish to crush the concrete ideas of the students. If a student even clings to an idea of emptiness, he betrays all Buddhas.
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Buddha Cling Concrete Crush Emptiness Idea Preach Student
According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.
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Accordingly Bless Deed Evil Good Hardship Result Sutras
Our true buddha-nature has no shape. And the dust of affliction has no form.
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Affliction Buddha Dust Form Nature One Shape True
Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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Buddha Nonsense Practice
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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Fool Liar Nature People Practice See Thoughtfulness Time
All know the way, but few actually walk it.
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Actual All Few Know Walk Way
As long as you’re enthralled by a lifeless form, you’re not free.
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Enthrailed Free Lifeless Long
The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind.
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Buddha Feel Meditation Mind Patience Power
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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Express Language Scripture Sublime True Use Way
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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Delusion Humanity Humbling Mean Real Reverence Self Worship

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