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Our 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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Accordingly Bless Deed Evil Good Hardship Result Sutras
The essence of the Way is detachment.
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Death Essence 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
Whoever knows that the mind is a fiction and devoid of anything real knows that his own mind neither exists nor doesn’t exist.
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Anything Exist Fiction Know Neither Whosoever
The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.
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All Dharma Nature Pure Truth
As mortals, we’re ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
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Condition Morais Ourselves Rule
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
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
The mind is always present. You just don’t see it.
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Always Mind Present See
I do not need any writing, since I transmit teaching beyond words and ideas.
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Beyond Idea Ned Since Teach Transmit Word Write
The awareness of mortals falls short. As long as they’re attached to appearances, they’re unaware that their minds are empty. And by mistakenly clinging to the appearance of things they lose the Way.
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Appearance Attach Awareness Empty Fall Mind Mortal Short Unaware
Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher’s help.
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Enlight Million One Only Person Teacher
All know the way, but few actually walk it.
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Actual All Few Know Walk Way
Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.
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Hold Karma Regard Us
To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature.
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Buddha Find Look Nature See
And as long as you’re subject to birth and death, you’ll never attain enlightenment.
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Attain Birth Death Enlightenment Long never Subject

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