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Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.

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Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.
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Buddha Liberate Mortal
Everything sacred, nothing sacred.
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Everything Nothing Sacred Scare
Once you stop clinging and let things be, you’ll be free, even of birth and death. You’ll transform everything.
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Cling Free Let Once Stop Thing Transformation
All know the way, but few actually walk it.
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Actual All Few Know Walk Way
The awareness of mortals falls short. As long as they’re attached to appearances, they’re unaware that their minds are empty. And by mistakenly clinging to the appearance of things they lose the Way.
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Appearance Attach Awareness Empty Fall Mind Mortal Short Unaware
Reality has no inside, outside, or middle part.
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Inside Middle Outside Part Reality
The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.
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All Dharma Nature Pure Truth
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
I never lost or fail, not yet conquered. If I fall seven times, I get up eight
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Conquered Eight Fall never
Many roads lead to the Path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.
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Basically Lead Many Path Practice Reason Road
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
Don’t hate life and death or love life and death. Keep your every thought free of delusion, and in life you’ll witness the beginning of nirvana, and in death you’ll experience the assurance of no rebirth.
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Death Decisions Every Free Hate Keep Life
Life and death are important. Don’t suffer them in vain.
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Death Important Life Suffer Vain
The Way is basically perfect. It doesn’t require perfecting.
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Basically Perfect Require Way
If you use your mind to study reality, you won’t understand either your mind or reality. If you study reality without using your mind, you’ll understand both.
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Mind Reality Study Understand
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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Deepest Distract Nothing People Understanding

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