Without the mind there is no Buddha. Without the Buddha there’s no mind.
BODHIDHARMAPeople 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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Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.
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Still others commit all sorts of evil deeds, claiming karma doesn’t exist. They erroneously maintain that since everything is empty, committing evil isn’t wrong. Such persons fall into a hell of endless darkness with no hope of release. Those who are wise hold no such conception.
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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 Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.
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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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To have a body is to suffer.
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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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Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.
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And as long as you’re subject to birth and death, you’ll never attain enlightenment.
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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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Someone who seeks the Way doesn’t look beyond himself.
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Our true buddha-nature has no shape. And the dust of affliction has no form.
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All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.
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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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Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
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