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.
BODHIDHARMATo 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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The mind is the root from which all things grow. If you can understand the mind, everything else is included.
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Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.
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If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won’t see the Buddha.
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The essence of the Way is detachment.
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Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
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Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
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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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Without the mind there is no Buddha. Without the Buddha there’s no mind.
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The mind’s capacity is limitless, and its manifestations are inexhaustible. Seeing forms with your eyes, hearing sounds with your ears, smelling odors with your nose, tasting flavors with your tongue, every movement or state is all your mind.
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Life and death are important. Don’t suffer them in vain.
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The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind.
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Many roads lead to the Path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.
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According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.
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In order to see a fish you must watch the water
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An Awakened person is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.
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