Freeing oneself from words is liberation.
BODHIDHARMAEverything sacred, nothing sacred.
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Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
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Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher’s help.
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Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.
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All Buddhas preach emptiness. Why? Because they wish to crush the concrete ideas of the students. If a student even clings to an idea of emptiness, he betrays all Buddhas.
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Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.
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Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way.
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People of this world are deluded. They’re always longing for something, always, in a word, seeking. But the wise wake up. They choose reason over custom. They fix their minds on the sublime and let their bodies change with the seasons.
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Everything sacred, nothing sacred.
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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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Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.
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When you don’t understand, you depend on reality. When you do understand, reality depends on you.
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According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.
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If you see your nature, you don’t need to read sutras or invoke buddhas. Erudition and knowledge are not only useless but also cloud your awareness. Doctrines are only for pointing to the mind. Once you see your mind, why pay attention to doctrines?
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To have a body is to suffer.
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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.
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