People who don’t see their own nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are liars and fools.
BODHIDHARMANot 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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Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.
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To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
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If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won’t see the Buddha.
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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 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 Way is basically perfect. It doesn’t require perfecting.
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Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.
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Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
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Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
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To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings.
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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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Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.
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Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.
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One clings to life although there is nothing to be called life; another clings to death although there is nothing to be called death. In reality, there is nothing to be born; consequently, there is nothing to perish.
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Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.
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