To have a body is to suffer. Does anyone with a body know peace? Those who understand this detach themselves from all that exists and stop imagining or seeking anything. The sutras say, “To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.” When you seek nothing, you’re on the Path.
BODHIDHARMAAs mortals, we’re ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
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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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Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way.
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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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To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.
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All know the way, but few actually walk it.
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I do not need any writing, since I transmit teaching beyond words and ideas.
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As long as you’re enthralled by a lifeless form, you’re not free.
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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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The mind is always present. You just don’t see it.
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The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind.
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Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
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The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They’re not the Way.
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At every moment where language can’t go, that’s your mind.
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The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.
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To enter by reason means to realize the essence through instruction and to believe that all living things share the same true nature, which isn’t apparent because it’s shrouded by sensation and delusion.
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