Whoever knows that the mind is a fiction and devoid of anything real knows that his own mind neither exists nor doesn’t exist.
BODHIDHARMALeaving behind the false, return to the true: make no discriminations between self and others. In contemplation, one’s mind should be stable and unmoving, like a wall.
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Those who worship don’t know, and those who know don’t worship.
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The essence of the Way is detachment.
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Life and death are important. Don’t suffer them in vain.
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In order to see a fish you must watch the water
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Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.
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Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.
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If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won’t see the Buddha.
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If you use your mind to study reality, you won’t understand either your mind or reality. If you study reality without using your mind, you’ll understand both.
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Don’t hate life and death or love life and death. Keep your every thought free of delusion, and in life you’ll witness the beginning of nirvana, and in death you’ll experience the assurance of no rebirth.
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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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And the Buddha is the person who’s free: free of plans, free of cares.
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To enter by reason means to realize the essence through instruction and to believe that all living things share the same true nature, which isn’t apparent because it’s shrouded by sensation and delusion.
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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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Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
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The mind is the root from which all things grow. If you can understand the mind, everything else is included.
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