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The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.

Bodhidharma

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
At every moment where language can’t go, that’s your mind.
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Every Moment Language Mind
Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.
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Appear Birth Budhha Death Disappear Freely Move Will
To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature.
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Buddha Find Look Nature See
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
In order to see a fish you must watch the water
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Fish Nothing Order See Seek
And the Buddha is the person who’s free: free of plans, free of cares.
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Buddha Care Free Person Plan
Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
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Mind Nature Our Own
All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.
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Condition Depend Experience Joy Suffer
To have a body is to suffer.
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Body Suffer
Those who worship don’t know, and those who know don’t worship.
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Know Worship
Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.
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Awareness Buddhahood Delusion Mean
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
The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.
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All Dharma Nature Pure Truth
This one life has no form and is empty by nature. If you become attached by any form, you should reject it. If you see an ego, a soul, a birth, or a death, reject them all.
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Attach Empty Form Life Nature One Reject
Externally keep yourself away from all relationships, and internally have no pantings in your heart; when your mind is like unto a straight-standing wall, you may enter into the Path.
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Away Externally Heart Internally Keep Painting Relationship Yourself

The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.

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