Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
BODHIDHARMADon’t hate life and death or love life and death. Keep your every thought free of delusion, and in life you’ll witness the beginning of nirvana, and in death you’ll experience the assurance of no rebirth.
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Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.
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All know the way, but few actually walk it.
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To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
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To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings.
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As long as you’re enthralled by a lifeless form, you’re not free.
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Once you stop clinging and let things be, you’ll be free, even of birth and death. You’ll transform everything.
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Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
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And the Buddha is the person who’s free: free of plans, free of cares.
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Everything sacred, nothing sacred.
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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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The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They’re not the Way.
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The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.
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Don’t hate life and death or love life and death. Keep your every thought free of delusion, and in life you’ll witness the beginning of nirvana, and in death you’ll experience the assurance of no rebirth.
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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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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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