The mind is always present. You just don’t see it.
BODHIDHARMAIf we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it’s the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past.
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If your mind is pure, all buddha-lands are pure.
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Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.
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Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
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Everything sacred, nothing sacred.
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If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it’s the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past.
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The true Way is sublime. It can’t be expressed in language. Of what use are scriptures? But someone who sees his own nature finds the Way, even if he can’t read a word.
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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 who don’t see their own nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are liars and fools.
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The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.
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Freeing oneself from words is liberation.
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To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
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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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But deluded people don’t realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside.
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If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won’t see the Buddha.
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In order to see a fish you must watch the water
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