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People who don’t see their own nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are liars and fools.
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Fool Liar Nature People Practice See Thoughtfulness Time
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
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
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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Aggregate Anywhere Body Fiction Five Locate Realize Sense Such Thing
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
The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind.
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Buddha Feel Meditation Mind Patience Power
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
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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Delusion Humanity Humbling Mean Real Reverence Self Worship
When mortals are alive, they worry about death. When they’re full, they worry about hunger. Theirs is the Great Uncertainty. But sages don’t consider the past. And they don’t worry about the future. Nor do they cling to the present. And from moment to moment they follow the Way.
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Alive Death Full Hunger Mortal Worry
The Way is basically perfect. It doesn’t require perfecting.
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Basically Perfect Require Way
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
Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
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Engage Ignorance Wisdom
Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.
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Arise Awareness Body Buddha Either Mena Mind Prevent
Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
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Follow Iranian Joy Path Silent Unmove Wind
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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Ay Basic Perfect Require
And the Buddha is the person who’s free: free of plans, free of cares.
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Buddha Care Free Person Plan

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