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One clings to life although there is nothing to be called life; another clings to death although there is nothing to be called death. In reality, there is nothing to be born; consequently, there is nothing to perish.

Bodhidharma

Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.
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Basically Immaterial Nature See
Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
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Follow Iranian Joy Path Silent Unmove Wind
Reality has no inside, outside, or middle part.
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Inside Middle Outside Part Reality
The awareness of mortals falls short. As long as they’re attached to appearances, they’re unaware that their minds are empty. And by mistakenly clinging to the appearance of things they lose the Way.
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Appearance Attach Awareness Empty Fall Mind Mortal Short Unaware
But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.
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Condition Depend Eanes Failure Mind Neither Success Waxes
One clings to life although there is nothing to be called life; another clings to death although there is nothing to be called death. In reality, there is nothing to be born; consequently, there is nothing to perish.
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Although Another Call Cling Death Life One
Everything sacred, nothing sacred.
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Everything Nothing Sacred Scare
People of this world are deluded. They’re always longing for something – always, in a word, seeking.
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Longing People World
Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher’s help.
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Enlight Million One Only Person Teacher
Whoever realizes that the six senses aren’t real, that the five aggregates are fictions, that no such things can be located anywhere in the body, understands the language of Buddhas.
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Aggregate Anywhere Body Fiction Five Locate Realize Sense Such Thing
Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
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Mind Nature Our Own
All Buddhas preach emptiness. Why? Because they wish to crush the concrete ideas of the students. If a student even clings to an idea of emptiness, he betrays all Buddhas.
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Buddha Cling Concrete Crush Emptiness Idea Preach Student
When you don’t understand, you depend on reality. When you do understand, reality depends on you.
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Depend Reality Understand You
Someone who seeks the Way doesn’t look beyond himself.
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Beyond Himself Lock Seek Someone
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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Ay Basic Perfect Require
Not thinking about anything is zen. Once you know this, walking, standing, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is zen. To know that the mind is empty is to see the buddha…. Using the mind to reality is delusion. Not using the mind to look for reality is awareness. Freeing oneself from words is liberation.
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Anything Down Everything Lying Popple Stand Think Walk

One clings to life although there is nothing to be called life; another clings to death although there is nothing to be called death. In reality, there is nothing to be born; consequently, there is nothing to perish.

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