Everything sacred, nothing sacred.
BODHIDHARMAThe essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances.
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This 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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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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Without the mind there is no Buddha. Without the Buddha there’s no mind.
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But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.
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Still others commit all sorts of evil deeds, claiming karma doesn’t exist. They erroneously maintain that since everything is empty, committing evil isn’t wrong. Such persons fall into a hell of endless darkness with no hope of release. Those who are wise hold no such conception.
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And the Buddha is the person who’s free: free of plans, free of cares.
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To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
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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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If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won’t see the Buddha.
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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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People of this world are deluded. They’re always longing for something, always, in a word, seeking. But the wise wake up. They choose reason over custom. They fix their minds on the sublime and let their bodies change with the seasons.
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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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Unless you see your nature, all this talk about cause & effect is nonsense. Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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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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And as long as you’re subject to birth and death, you’ll never attain enlightenment.
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