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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 look for a Buddha somewhere else, you'll never see that your own mind is the Buddha”
“But deluded people don't realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside.”
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“To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature.”
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“At every moment where language can't go, that's your mind.”
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“Freeing oneself from words is liberation.”
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“Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.”
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“When you don't understand, you depend on reality. When you do understand, reality depends on you.”
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“To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.”
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“Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.”
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“Buddhas don't practice nonsense.”
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“Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way.”
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“All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.”
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“Trying to find a buddha or enlightenment is like trying to grab space.”
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“The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.”
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“The mind is always present. You just don't see it.”
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“Those who worship don't know, and those who know don't worship.”
“As mortals, we're ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.”
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“And the Buddha is the person who's free: free of plans, free of cares.”
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“The Way is basically perfect. It doesn't require perfecting.”
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“Life and death are important. Don't suffer them in vain.”
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“If your mind is pure, all buddha-lands are pure.”
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“The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind.”
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“As long as you're enthralled by a lifeless form, you're not free.”
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“If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won't see the Buddha.”
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“The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.”
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“Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.”
“Our true buddha-nature has no shape. And the dust of affliction has no form.”
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Source: The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma