To see nothing is to perceive the Way, and to understand nothing is to know the Dharma, because seeing is neither seeing nor not seeing, and because understanding is neither understanding nor not understanding.
BODHIDHARMASomeone who seeks the Way doesn’t look beyond himself.
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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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Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.
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Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.
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To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature.
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Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
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The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.
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And the Buddha is the person who’s free: free of plans, free of cares.
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The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.
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Everything good and bad comes from your own mind. To find something beyond the mind is impossible.
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If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won’t see the Buddha.
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Trying to find a buddha or enlightenment is like trying to grab space.
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Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
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Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.
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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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