To have a body is to suffer.
BODHIDHARMA
Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.
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But this mind isn’t somewhere outside the material body of the four elements. Without this mind we can’t move. The body has no awareness. Like a plant or a stone, the body has no nature. So how does it move? It’s the mind that moves.
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Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.
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The Way is basically perfect. It doesn’t require perfecting.
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To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.
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Without the mind there is no Buddha. Without the Buddha there’s no mind.
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Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
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Life and death are important. Don’t suffer them in vain.
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People of this world are deluded. They’re always longing for something, always, in a word, seeking. But the wise wake up. They choose reason over custom. They fix their minds on the sublime and let their bodies change with the seasons.
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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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Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
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When you don’t understand, you depend on reality. When you do understand, reality depends on you.
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