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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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Those who worship don’t know, and those who know don’t worship.
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Know Worship
Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.
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Basically Immaterial Nature See
Everything sacred, nothing sacred.
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Everything Nothing Sacred Scare
To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature.
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Buddha Find Look Nature See
Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way.
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Another Existence Reach Suffer Vary
If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it’s the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past.
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Bless Fame Fortune Fruit Great Plant Reward Seed Some
Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.
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Hold Karma Regard Us
The mind is always present. You just don’t see it.
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Always Mind Present See
The Way is basically perfect. It doesn’t require perfecting. The Way has no form or sound. It’s subtle and hard to perceive. It’s like when you drink water: you know how hot or cold it is, but you can’t tell others.
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Ay Basic Perfect Require
Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
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Follow Iranian Joy Path Silent Unmove Wind
To have a body is to suffer.
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Body Suffer
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
The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.
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Affliction Delusion Evil Greed Ignorant Mind Passion Poison
Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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Buddha Nonsense Practice
Not thinking about anything is zen. Once you know this, walking, standing, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is zen. To know that the mind is empty is to see the buddha…. Using the mind to reality is delusion. Not using the mind to look for reality is awareness. Freeing oneself from words is liberation.
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Anything Down Everything Lying Popple Stand Think Walk
But people of the deepest understanding look within, distracted by nothing. Since a clear mind is the Buddha, they attain the understanding of a Buddha without using the mind.
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Deepest Distract Nothing People Understanding

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