Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.
BODHIDHARMAAccording to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.
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But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.
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Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.
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In order to see a fish you must watch the water
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Leaving behind the false, return to the true: make no discriminations between self and others. In contemplation, one’s mind should be stable and unmoving, like a wall.
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Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher’s help.
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And the Buddha is the person who’s free: free of plans, free of cares.
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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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To enter by reason means to realize the essence through instruction and to believe that all living things share the same true nature, which isn’t apparent because it’s shrouded by sensation and delusion.
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To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.
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Freeing oneself from words is liberation.
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Many roads lead to the Path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.
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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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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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All know the way, but few actually walk it.
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Trying to find a buddha or enlightenment is like trying to grab space.
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