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Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.

Bodhidharma

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
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
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
Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.
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Delusion Humility Mean Real Reverence Revering Self Worship
The essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances.
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Appearance Detach Essence Freedom Goal Practice Way
Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.
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Awareness Buddhahood Delusion Mean
But this mind isn’t somewhere outside the material body of the four elements. Without this mind we can’t move. The body has no awareness. Like a plant or a stone, the body has no nature. So how does it move? It’s the mind that moves.
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Body Element Four Mind Move Outside Somewhere
And as long as you’re subject to birth and death, you’ll never attain enlightenment.
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Attain Birth Death Enlightenment Long never Subject
As long as you’re enthralled by a lifeless form, you’re not free.
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Enthrailed Free Lifeless Long
Without the mind there is no Buddha. Without the Buddha there’s no mind.
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Buddha Mind No Without
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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Fool Liar Nature People Practice See Thoughtfulness Time
But deluded people don’t realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside.
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Buddha Develop Keep Mind Own People Realize Search
Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.
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Basically Immaterial Nature See
Someone who seeks the Way doesn’t look beyond himself.
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Beyond Himself Lock Seek Someone
Leaving behind the false, return to the true: make no discriminations between self and others. In contemplation, one’s mind should be stable and unmoving, like a wall.
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Behind Discrimination False Leave Make Other Return Self True
To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature.
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Buddha Find Look Nature See

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