The Way is basically perfect. It doesn’t require perfecting.
BODHIDHARMAThis one life has no form and is empty by nature. If you become attached by any form, you should reject it. If you see an ego, a soul, a birth, or a death, reject them all.
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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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If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it’s the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past.
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All know the way, but few actually walk it.
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To see nothing is to perceive the Way, and to understand nothing is to know the Dharma, because seeing is neither seeing nor not seeing, and because understanding is neither understanding nor not understanding.
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To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
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As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you’ll never see that your own mind is the Buddha
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As long as you’re enthralled by a lifeless form, you’re not free.
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All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.
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Someone who seeks the Way doesn’t look beyond himself.
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If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won’t see the Buddha.
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To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature.
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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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The mind is the root from which all things grow. If you can understand the mind, everything else is included.
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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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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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