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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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An Awakened person is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.
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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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Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.
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Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.
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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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Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.
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If your mind is pure, all buddha-lands are pure.
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Trying to find a buddha or enlightenment is like trying to grab space.
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According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.
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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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Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way.
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Life and death are important. Don’t suffer them in vain.
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Unless you see your nature, all this talk about cause & effect is nonsense. Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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To have a body is to suffer.
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But deluded people don’t realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside.
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