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The essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances.

Bodhidharma

To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
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Charity Give Greatest Regret Yourself
Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen.
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Anything Lying Once People Sitting Think
People of this world are deluded. They’re always longing for something – always, in a word, seeking.
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Longing People World
As mortals, we’re ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
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Condition Morais Ourselves Rule
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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Dharma Nothing Perceive See Understand Wa
Our true buddha-nature has no shape. And the dust of affliction has no form.
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Affliction Buddha Dust Form Nature One Shape True
Without the mind there is no Buddha. Without the Buddha there’s no mind.
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Buddha Mind No Without
You can’t know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.
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Deceive Hype Long Mena Real
Reality has no inside, outside, or middle part.
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Inside Middle Outside Part Reality
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
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
Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
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Create Delusion Enlightenment
Everything good and bad comes from your own mind. To find something beyond the mind is impossible.
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Come Everything Good Impossible Mind Something
Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.
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Bear Deed Evil Forse Fruit God Neither
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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Bless Fame Fortune Fruit Great Plant Reward Seed Some
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

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