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People of this world are deluded. They’re always longing for something – always, in a word, seeking.

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The mind is the root from which all things grow. If you can understand the mind, everything else is included.
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Everything Grow Include Mind Root Thing Understand
Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.
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Bear Deed Evil Forse Fruit God Neither
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
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
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
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
When you don’t understand, you depend on reality. When you do understand, reality depends on you.
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Depend Reality Understand You
To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.
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Bliss Nothing See Suffer
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. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances.
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Appearance Detach Essence Freedom Goal Practice Way
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
Without the mind there is no Buddha. Without the Buddha there’s no mind.
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Buddha Mind No Without
All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.
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Condition Depend Experience Joy Suffer
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
An Awakened person is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.
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Awake Bad Find Fortune Freedom Person Someone

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