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People of this world are deluded. They’re always longing for something, always, in a word, seeking. But the wise wake up. They choose reason over custom. They fix their minds on the sublime and let their bodies change with the seasons.

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The mind is always present. You just don’t see it.
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But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.
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Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
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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 deluded people don’t realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside.
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When we’re deluded there’s a world to escape. When we’re aware, there’s nothing to escape.
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I never lost or fail, not yet conquered. If I fall seven times, I get up eight
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Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.
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Without the mind there is no Buddha. Without the Buddha there’s no mind.
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To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature.
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The mind is the root from which all things grow. If you can understand the mind, everything else is included.
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The true Way is sublime. It can’t be expressed in language. Of what use are scriptures? But someone who sees his own nature finds the Way, even if he can’t read a word.
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If you use your mind to study reality, you won’t understand either your mind or reality. If you study reality without using your mind, you’ll understand both.
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Everything sacred, nothing sacred.
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To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
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