Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.
BODHIDHARMAThe mind is always present. You just don’t see it.
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Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.
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Life and death are important. Don’t suffer them in vain.
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The essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances.
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Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen.
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Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher’s help.
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Someone who seeks the Way doesn’t look beyond himself.
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All know the way, but few actually walk it.
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The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.
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If you see your nature, you don’t need to read sutras or invoke buddhas. Erudition and knowledge are not only useless but also cloud your awareness. Doctrines are only for pointing to the mind. Once you see your mind, why pay attention to doctrines?
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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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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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As long as you’re enthralled by a lifeless form, you’re not free.
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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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To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
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But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.
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