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Whoever knows that the mind is a fiction and devoid of anything real knows that his own mind neither exists nor doesn’t exist.

Bodhidharma

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
Many roads lead to the Path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.
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Basically Lead Many Path Practice Reason Road
Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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Buddha Nonsense Practice
But deluded people don’t realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside.
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Buddha Develop Keep Mind Own People Realize Search
Someone who seeks the Way doesn’t look beyond himself.
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Beyond Himself Lock Seek Someone
And as long as you’re subject to birth and death, you’ll never attain enlightenment.
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Attain Birth Death Enlightenment Long never Subject
Whoever knows that the mind is a fiction and devoid of anything real knows that his own mind neither exists nor doesn’t exist.
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Anything Exist Fiction Know Neither Whosoever
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
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
If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won’t see the Buddha.
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Buddha Look Mind See Use
The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.
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All Dharma Nature Pure Truth
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 ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They’re not the Way.
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Behind Truth Ultimate Way Word
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
Freeing oneself from words is liberation.
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Free Liberation Oneself Word
When we’re deluded there’s a world to escape. When we’re aware, there’s nothing to escape.
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Aware Delude Escape Nothing World

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