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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.

Bodhidharma

Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.
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Awareness Buddhahood Delusion Mean
Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way.
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Another Existence Reach Suffer Vary
And the Buddha is the person who’s free: free of plans, free of cares.
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Buddha Care Free Person Plan
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
When mortals are alive, they worry about death. When they’re full, they worry about hunger. Theirs is the Great Uncertainty. But sages don’t consider the past. And they don’t worry about the future. Nor do they cling to the present. And from moment to moment they follow the Way.
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Alive Death Full Hunger Mortal Worry
To have a body is to suffer.
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Body Suffer
To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
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Charity Give Greatest Regret Yourself
Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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Buddha Nonsense Practice
As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you’ll never see that your own mind is the Buddha
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Buddha Long Mind never Somewhere
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.
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Buddha Cling Concrete Crush Emptiness Idea Preach Student
Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.
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Buddha Liberate Mortal
To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature.
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Buddha Find Look Nature See
People of this world are deluded. They’re always longing for something – always, in a word, seeking.
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Longing People World
To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.
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Bliss Nothing See Suffer
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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Claim Commit Deed Evil Exist Karma Other Sort
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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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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