Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
BODHIDHARMAThe 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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And the Buddha is the person who’s free: free of plans, free of cares.
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To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
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I do not need any writing, since I transmit teaching beyond words and ideas.
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Externally keep yourself away from all relationships, and internally have no pantings in your heart; when your mind is like unto a straight-standing wall, you may enter into the Path.
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All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.
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This one life has no form and is empty by nature. If you become attached by any form, you should reject it. If you see an ego, a soul, a birth, or a death, reject them all.
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Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.
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When you don’t understand, you depend on reality. When you do understand, reality depends on you.
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Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.
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To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature.
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The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.
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As long as you’re enthralled by a lifeless form, you’re not free.
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You can’t know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.
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The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They’re not the Way.
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Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen.
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