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Bodhidharma

When you don’t understand, you depend on reality. When you do understand, reality depends on you.
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Depend Reality Understand You
The essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances.
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Appearance Detach Essence Freedom Goal Practice Way
According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.
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Accordingly Bless Deed Evil Good Hardship Result Sutras
Trying to find a buddha or enlightenment is like trying to grab space.
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Buddha Enlightenment Find Grasp Space Try
Leaving behind the false, return to the true: make no discriminations between self and others. In contemplation, one’s mind should be stable and unmoving, like a wall.
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Behind Discrimination False Leave Make Other Return Self True
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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Attach Empty Form Life Nature One Reject
Not thinking about anything is zen. Once you know this, walking, standing, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is zen. To know that the mind is empty is to see the buddha…. Using the mind to reality is delusion. Not using the mind to look for reality is awareness. Freeing oneself from words is liberation.
BODHIDHARMA

Anything Down Everything Lying Popple Stand Think Walk
Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way.
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Another Existence Reach Suffer Vary
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
Many roads lead to the Path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.
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Basically Lead Many Path Practice Reason Road
Reality has no inside, outside, or middle part.
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Inside Middle Outside Part Reality
Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
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Create Delusion Enlightenment
Life and death are important. Don’t suffer them in vain.
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Death Important Life Suffer Vain
Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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Buddha Nonsense Practice
I never lost or fail, not yet conquered. If I fall seven times, I get up eight
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Conquered Eight Fall never
Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.
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Buddha Liberate Mortal

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