The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind.
BODHIDHARMAAt every moment where language can’t go, that’s your mind.
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Leaving 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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Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
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Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
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Those who worship don’t know, and those who know don’t worship.
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As mortals, we’re ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
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You can’t know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.
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As long as you’re enthralled by a lifeless form, you’re not free.
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The true Way is sublime. It can’t be expressed in language. Of what use are scriptures? But someone who sees his own nature finds the Way, even if he can’t read a word.
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People who don’t see their own nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are liars and fools.
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I do not need any writing, since I transmit teaching beyond words and ideas.
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At every moment where language can’t go, that’s your mind.
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Without the mind there is no Buddha. Without the Buddha there’s no mind.
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When your mind doesn’t stir inside, the world doesn’t arise outside. When the world and the mind are both transparent, this is true vision. And such understanding is true understanding.
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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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The awareness of mortals falls short. As long as they’re attached to appearances, they’re unaware that their minds are empty. And by mistakenly clinging to the appearance of things they lose the Way.
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