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Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher’s help.

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The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They’re not the Way.
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Behind Truth Ultimate Way Word
Our true buddha-nature has no shape. And the dust of affliction has no form.
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Affliction Buddha Dust Form Nature One Shape True
The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.
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Body Budhha Mind Original Rel
Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
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Create Delusion Enlightenment
Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher’s help.
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Enlight Million One Only Person Teacher
Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.
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Awareness Buddhahood Delusion Mean
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
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
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
The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind.
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Buddha Feel Meditation Mind Patience Power
I do not need any writing, since I transmit teaching beyond words and ideas.
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Beyond Idea Ned Since Teach Transmit Word Write
As mortals, we’re ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
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Condition Morais Ourselves Rule
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
The mind is the root from which all things grow. If you can understand the mind, everything else is included.
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Everything Grow Include Mind Root Thing Understand
Everything sacred, nothing sacred.
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Everything Nothing Sacred Scare
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

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