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Reality has no inside, outside, or middle part.

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When mortals are alive, they worry about death. When they’re full, they worry about hunger. Theirs is the Great Uncertainty. But sages don’t consider the past. And they don’t worry about the future. Nor do they cling to the present. And from moment to moment they follow the Way.
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Alive Death Full Hunger Mortal Worry
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
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
As long as you’re enthralled by a lifeless form, you’re not free.
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Enthrailed Free Lifeless Long
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
Those who worship don’t know, and those who know don’t worship.
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Know Worship
To have a body is to suffer. Does anyone with a body know peace? Those who understand this detach themselves from all that exists and stop imagining or seeking anything. The sutras say, “To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.” When you seek nothing, you’re on the Path.
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Anyone Body Peace Sexist Stop Suffer Themselves Understand
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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Deepest Distract Nothing People Understanding
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
Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
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Mind Nature Our Own
The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.
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Body Budhha Mind Original Rel
As mortals, we’re ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
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Condition Morais Ourselves Rule
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
Reality has no inside, outside, or middle part.
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Inside Middle Outside Part Reality
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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Delusion Humanity Humbling Mean Real Reverence Self Worship
All know the way, but few actually walk it.
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Actual All Few Know Walk Way

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