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Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way.

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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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Accept Awareness Buddha End Karma Mortal Nurture
Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.
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Basically Immaterial Nature See
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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Ay Basic Perfect Require
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
Without the mind there is no Buddha. Without the Buddha there’s no mind.
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Buddha Mind No Without
Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
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Engage Ignorance Wisdom
At every moment where language can’t go, that’s your mind.
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Every Moment Language Mind
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
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
Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen.
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Anything Lying Once People Sitting Think
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 Long Mind never Somewhere
When we’re deluded there’s a world to escape. When we’re aware, there’s nothing to escape.
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Aware Delude Escape Nothing World
To have a body is to suffer. Does anyone with a body know peace? Those who understand this detach themselves from all that exists and stop imagining or seeking anything. The sutras say, “To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.” When you seek nothing, you’re on the Path.
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Anyone Body Peace Sexist Stop Suffer Themselves Understand
All Buddhas preach emptiness. Why? Because they wish to crush the concrete ideas of the students. If a student even clings to an idea of emptiness, he betrays all Buddhas.
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Buddha Cling Concrete Crush Emptiness Idea Preach Student
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
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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Bless Fame Fortune Fruit Great Plant Reward Seed Some

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