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To see nothing is to perceive the Way, and to understand nothing is to know the Dharma, because seeing is neither seeing nor not seeing, and because understanding is neither understanding nor not understanding.

Bodhidharma

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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Believe Enter Instruction Live Mean Reason
The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.
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Affliction Delusion Evil Greed Ignorant Mind Passion Poison
In order to see a fish you must watch the water
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Fish Nothing Order See Seek
Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
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Create Delusion Enlightenment
People of this world are deluded. They’re always longing for something – always, in a word, seeking.
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Longing People World
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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Express Language Scripture Sublime True Use Way
When your mind doesn’t stir inside, the world doesn’t arise outside. When the world and the mind are both transparent, this is true vision. And such understanding is true understanding.
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Arie Inside Mind Outside Stir World
The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They’re not the Way.
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Behind Truth Ultimate Way Word
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
As mortals, we’re ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
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Condition Morais Ourselves Rule
Without the mind there is no Buddha. Without the Buddha there’s no mind.
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Buddha Mind No Without
As long as you’re enthralled by a lifeless form, you’re not free.
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Enthrailed Free Lifeless Long
Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.
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Hold Karma Regard Us
Someone who seeks the Way doesn’t look beyond himself.
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Beyond Himself Lock Seek Someone
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
The Way is basically perfect. It doesn’t require perfecting.
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Basically Perfect Require Way

To see nothing is to perceive the Way, and to understand nothing is to know the Dharma, because seeing is neither seeing nor not seeing, and because understanding is neither understanding nor not understanding.

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To see nothing is to perceive the Way, and to understand nothing is to know the Dharma, because seeing is neither seeing nor not seeing, and because understanding is neither understanding nor not understanding.

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