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

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Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.
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Appear Birth Budhha Death Disappear Freely Move Will
Unless you see your nature, all this talk about cause & effect is nonsense. Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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Buddha Cause Effect Nature Nonsense Practice Talk Unless See
When your mind doesn’t stir inside, the world doesn’t arise outside. When the world and the mind are both transparent, this is true vision. And such understanding is true understanding.
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Arie Inside Mind Outside Stir World
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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Anything Down Everything Lying Popple Stand Think Walk
If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won’t see the Buddha.
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Buddha Look Mind See Use
Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
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Follow Iranian Joy Path Silent Unmove Wind
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.
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Delusion Humanity Humbling Mean Real Reverence Self Worship
Someone who seeks the Way doesn’t look beyond himself.
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Beyond Himself Lock Seek Someone
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
The essence of the Way is detachment.
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Death Essence Way
The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.
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Body Budhha Mind Original Rel
The Way is basically perfect. It doesn’t require perfecting.
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Basically Perfect Require Way
Life and death are important. Don’t suffer them in vain.
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Death Important Life Suffer Vain
The essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances.
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Appearance Detach Essence Freedom Goal Practice Way
But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.
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Condition Depend Eanes Failure Mind Neither Success Waxes
Freeing oneself from words is liberation.
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Free Liberation Oneself Word

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

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