People who don’t see their own nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are liars and fools.
BODHIDHARMATo 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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As long as you’re enthralled by a lifeless form, you’re not free.
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If your mind is pure, all buddha-lands are pure.
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Without the mind there is no Buddha. Without the Buddha there’s no mind.
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Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way.
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Unless you see your nature, all this talk about cause & effect is nonsense. Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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Worship means reverence and humility. It means revering your real self and humbling delusions. If you can wipe out evil desires and harbor good thoughts, even if nothing shows, it’s worship. Such form is its real form.
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If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it’s the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past.
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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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Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
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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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Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.
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Life and death are important. Don’t suffer them in vain.
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To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
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The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind.
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You can’t know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.
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