Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher’s help.
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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Freeing oneself from words is liberation.
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The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.
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Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way.
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As mortals, we’re ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
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Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.
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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 Way is basically perfect. It doesn’t require perfecting. The Way has no form or sound. It’s subtle and hard to perceive. It’s like when you drink water: you know how hot or cold it is, but you can’t tell others.
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The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind.
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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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Without the mind there is no Buddha. Without the Buddha there’s no mind.
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To enter by reason means to realize the essence through instruction and to believe that all living things share the same true nature, which isn’t apparent because it’s shrouded by sensation and delusion.
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The mind is always present. You just don’t see it.
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The essence of the Way is detachment.
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The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.
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Life and death are important. Don’t suffer them in vain.
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