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When we’re deluded there’s a world to escape. When we’re aware, there’s nothing to escape.

Bodhidharma

Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.
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Hold Karma Regard Us
Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.
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Delusion Humility Mean Real Reverence Revering Self Worship
To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
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Charity Give Greatest Regret Yourself
Everything good and bad comes from your own mind. To find something beyond the mind is impossible.
BODHIDHARMA

Come Everything Good Impossible Mind Something
To have a body is to suffer. Does anyone with a body know peace? Those who understand this detach themselves from all that exists and stop imagining or seeking anything. The sutras say, “To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.” When you seek nothing, you’re on the Path.
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Anyone Body Peace Sexist Stop Suffer Themselves Understand
One clings to life although there is nothing to be called life; another clings to death although there is nothing to be called death. In reality, there is nothing to be born; consequently, there is nothing to perish.
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Although Another Call Cling Death Life One
To have a body is to suffer.
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Body Suffer
People of this world are deluded. They’re always longing for something – always, in a word, seeking.
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Longing People World
I never lost or fail, not yet conquered. If I fall seven times, I get up eight
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Conquered Eight Fall never
The Way is basically perfect. It doesn’t require perfecting. The Way has no form or sound. It’s subtle and hard to perceive. It’s like when you drink water: you know how hot or cold it is, but you can’t tell others.
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Ay Basic Perfect Require
Unless you see your nature, all this talk about cause & effect is nonsense. Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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Buddha Cause Effect Nature Nonsense Practice Talk Unless See
Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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Buddha Nonsense Practice
If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it’s the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past.
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Bless Fame Fortune Fruit Great Plant Reward Seed Some
To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.
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Bliss Nothing See Suffer
The essence of the Way is detachment.
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Death Essence Way
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

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