Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.
BODHIDHARMAPeople who don’t see their own nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are liars and fools.
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To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings.
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But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.
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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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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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The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.
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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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In order to see a fish you must watch the water
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Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.
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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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Trying to find a buddha or enlightenment is like trying to grab space.
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You can’t know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.
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The mind’s capacity is limitless, and its manifestations are inexhaustible. Seeing forms with your eyes, hearing sounds with your ears, smelling odors with your nose, tasting flavors with your tongue, every movement or state is all your mind.
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People of this world are deluded. They’re always longing for something – always, in a word, seeking.
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As long as you’re enthralled by a lifeless form, you’re not free.
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Life and death are important. Don’t suffer them in vain.
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