As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you’ll never see that your own mind is the Buddha
BODHIDHARMAOur nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
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But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.
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Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.
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The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.
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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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Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher’s help.
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Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.
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According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.
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Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
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The mind is always present. You just don’t see it.
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An Awakened person is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.
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Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
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Unless you see your nature, all this talk about cause & effect is nonsense. Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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The Way is basically perfect. It doesn’t require perfecting.
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Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
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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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