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At every moment where language can’t go, that’s your mind.

Bodhidharma

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
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 essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances.
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Appearance Detach Essence Freedom Goal Practice Way
Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
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Engage Ignorance Wisdom
Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.
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Delusion Humility Mean Real Reverence Revering Self Worship
Externally keep yourself away from all relationships, and internally have no pantings in your heart; when your mind is like unto a straight-standing wall, you may enter into the Path.
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Away Externally Heart Internally Keep Painting Relationship Yourself
I never lost or fail, not yet conquered. If I fall seven times, I get up eight
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Conquered Eight Fall never
If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won’t see the Buddha.
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Buddha Look Mind See Use
The mind is always present. You just don’t see it.
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Always Mind Present See
Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.
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Buddha Liberate Mortal
Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
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Mind Nature Our Own
Without the mind there is no Buddha. Without the Buddha there’s no mind.
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Buddha Mind No Without
Life and death are important. Don’t suffer them in vain.
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Death Important Life Suffer Vain
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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Express Language Scripture Sublime True Use Way
The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.
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All Dharma Nature Pure Truth
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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Believe Enter Instruction Live Mean Reason

At every moment where language can’t go, that’s your mind.

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