To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.
BODHIDHARMABut deluded people don’t realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside.
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Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.
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Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.
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The true Way is sublime. It can’t be expressed in language. Of what use are scriptures? But someone who sees his own nature finds the Way, even if he can’t read a word.
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Life and death are important. Don’t suffer them in vain.
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If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won’t see the Buddha.
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Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
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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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To have a body is to suffer.
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The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind.
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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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Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
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Reality has no inside, outside, or middle part.
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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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Everything good and bad comes from your own mind. To find something beyond the mind is impossible.
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