An Awakened person is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.
BODHIDHARMAThe essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances.
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Whoever realizes that the six senses aren’t real, that the five aggregates are fictions, that no such things can be located anywhere in the body, understands the language of Buddhas.
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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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Without the mind there is no Buddha. Without the Buddha there’s no mind.
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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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The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.
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Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.
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I do not need any writing, since I transmit teaching beyond words and ideas.
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Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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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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Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.
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Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.
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Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.
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The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.
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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 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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