But people of the deepest understanding look within, distracted by nothing. Since a clear mind is the Buddha, they attain the understanding of a Buddha without using the mind.
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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Those who worship don’t know, and those who know don’t worship.
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According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.
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All know the way, but few actually walk it.
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Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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Our true buddha-nature has no shape. And the dust of affliction has no form.
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Life and death are important. Don’t suffer them in vain.
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I do not need any writing, since I transmit teaching beyond words and ideas.
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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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To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.
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To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
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Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.
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And as long as you’re subject to birth and death, you’ll never attain enlightenment.
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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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The mind is the root from which all things grow. If you can understand the mind, everything else is included.
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All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.
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