Our true buddha-nature has no shape. And the dust of affliction has no form.
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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Unless you see your nature, all this talk about cause & effect is nonsense. Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you’ll never see that your own mind is the Buddha
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As mortals, we’re ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
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Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.
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And as long as you’re subject to birth and death, you’ll never attain enlightenment.
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Life and death are important. Don’t suffer them in vain.
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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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Those who worship don’t know, and those who know don’t worship.
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If your mind is pure, all buddha-lands are pure.
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Externally keep yourself away from all relationships, and internally have no pantings in your heart; when your mind is like unto a straight-standing wall, you may enter into the Path.
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Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
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But when you first embark on the Path, your awareness won’t be focused. You’re likely to see all sorts of strange, dreamlike scenes. But you shouldn’t doubt that all such scenes come from your own mind and nowhere else.
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If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won’t see the Buddha.
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The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind.
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