Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
BODHIDHARMAOur true buddha-nature has no shape. And the dust of affliction has no form.
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According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.
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To see nothing is to perceive the Way, and to understand nothing is to know the Dharma, because seeing is neither seeing nor not seeing, and because understanding is neither understanding nor not understanding.
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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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Everything sacred, nothing sacred.
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Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
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Without the mind there is no Buddha. Without the Buddha there’s no mind.
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But deluded people don’t realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside.
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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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But people of the deepest understanding look within, distracted by nothing. Since a clear mind is the Buddha, they attain the understanding of a Buddha without using the mind.
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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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Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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The essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances.
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But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.
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If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won’t see the Buddha.
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Our true buddha-nature has no shape. And the dust of affliction has no form.
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