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And the Buddha is the person who’s free: free of plans, free of cares.

Bodhidharma

This one life has no form and is empty by nature. If you become attached by any form, you should reject it. If you see an ego, a soul, a birth, or a death, reject them all.
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Attach Empty Form Life Nature One Reject
As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you’ll never see that your own mind is the Buddha
BODHIDHARMA

Buddha Long Mind never Somewhere
Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.
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Appear Birth Budhha Death Disappear Freely Move Will
Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
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Mind Nature Our Own
Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
BODHIDHARMA

Buddha Nonsense Practice
Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.
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Hold Karma Regard Us
The Way is basically perfect. It doesn’t require perfecting.
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Basically Perfect Require Way
The mind is always present. You just don’t see it.
BODHIDHARMA

Always Mind Present See
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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Although Another Call Cling Death Life One
Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
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Create Delusion Enlightenment
All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.
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Condition Depend Experience Joy Suffer
In order to see a fish you must watch the water
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Fish Nothing Order See Seek
Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.
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Awareness Buddhahood Delusion Mean
According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.
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Accordingly Bless Deed Evil Good Hardship Result Sutras
To have a body is to suffer.
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Body Suffer
To see nothing is to perceive the Way, and to understand nothing is to know the Dharma, because seeing is neither seeing nor not seeing, and because understanding is neither understanding nor not understanding.
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Dharma Nothing Perceive See Understand Wa

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