Worship means reverence and humility. It means revering your real self and humbling delusions. If you can wipe out evil desires and harbor good thoughts, even if nothing shows, it’s worship. Such form is its real form.
BODHIDHARMAThe mind is always present. You just don’t see it.
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Reality has no inside, outside, or middle part.
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Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
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You can’t know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.
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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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When you don’t understand, you depend on reality. When you do understand, reality depends on you.
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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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The essence of the Way is detachment.
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Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.
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Trying to find a buddha or enlightenment is like trying to grab space.
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Not thinking about anything is zen. Once you know this, walking, standing, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is zen. To know that the mind is empty is to see the buddha…. Using the mind to reality is delusion. Not using the mind to look for reality is awareness. Freeing oneself from words is liberation.
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The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They’re not the Way.
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Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.
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As mortals, we’re ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
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As long as you’re enthralled by a lifeless form, you’re not free.
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And as long as you’re subject to birth and death, you’ll never attain enlightenment.
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