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Those who worship don’t know, and those who know don’t worship.

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To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.
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Bliss Nothing See Suffer
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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Cling Free Let Once Stop Thing Transformation
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
To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
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Charity Give Greatest Regret Yourself
You can’t know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.
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Deceive Hype Long Mena Real
Many roads lead to the Path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.
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Basically Lead Many Path Practice Reason Road
Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.
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Buddha Liberate Mortal
When we’re deluded there’s a world to escape. When we’re aware, there’s nothing to escape.
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Aware Delude Escape Nothing World
At every moment where language can’t go, that’s your mind.
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Every Moment Language Mind
Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.
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Basically Immaterial Nature See
If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won’t see the Buddha.
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Buddha Look Mind See Use
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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Mind Reality Study Understand
The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.
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Body Budhha Mind Original Rel
Trying to find a buddha or enlightenment is like trying to grab space.
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Buddha Enlightenment Find Grasp Space Try
If you see your nature, you don’t need to read sutras or invoke buddhas. Erudition and knowledge are not only useless but also cloud your awareness. Doctrines are only for pointing to the mind. Once you see your mind, why pay attention to doctrines?
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Buddha Nature Need See Sutras
I never lost or fail, not yet conquered. If I fall seven times, I get up eight
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Conquered Eight Fall never

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