Whoever realizes that the six senses aren’t real, that the five aggregates are fictions, that no such things can be located anywhere in the body, understands the language of Buddhas.
BODHIDHARMAWorship 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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But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.
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Reality has no inside, outside, or middle part.
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Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
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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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To have a body is to suffer.
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Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.
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Many roads lead to the Path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.
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The essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances.
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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 mortals, we’re ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
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But people of the deepest understanding look within, distracted by nothing. Since a clear mind is the Buddha, they attain the understanding of a Buddha without using the mind.
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Still others commit all sorts of evil deeds, claiming karma doesn’t exist. They erroneously maintain that since everything is empty, committing evil isn’t wrong. Such persons fall into a hell of endless darkness with no hope of release. Those who are wise hold no such conception.
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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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Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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When we’re deluded there’s a world to escape. When we’re aware, there’s nothing to escape.
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