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

Bodhidharma

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
The essence of the Way is detachment.
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Death Essence Way
To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.
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Bliss Nothing See Suffer
Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
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Engage Ignorance Wisdom
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
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
And the Buddha is the person who’s free: free of plans, free of cares.
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Buddha Care Free Person Plan
All know the way, but few actually walk it.
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Actual All Few Know Walk Way
Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
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Follow Iranian Joy Path Silent Unmove Wind
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
People who don’t see their own nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are liars and fools.
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Fool Liar Nature People Practice See Thoughtfulness Time
If your mind is pure, all buddha-lands are pure.
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Buddha Land Mind Pire
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
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
The true Way is sublime. It can’t be expressed in language. Of what use are scriptures? But someone who sees his own nature finds the Way, even if he can’t read a word.
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Express Language Scripture Sublime True Use Way
The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.
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Affliction Delusion Evil Greed Ignorant Mind Passion Poison

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