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Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.

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Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.

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A buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad. Such is his power that karma can't hold him. No matter what kind of karma, a buddha transforms it. Heaven and hell are nothing to him. But the awareness of a mortal is dim compared to that of a buddha, who penetrates everything, inside and out.

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But deluded people don't realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside.

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But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.

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The mind is always present. You just don't see it.

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When mortals are alive, they worry about death. When they're full, they worry about hunger. Theirs is the Great Uncertainty. But sages don't consider the past. And they don't worry about the future. Nor do they cling to the present. And from moment to moment they follow the Way.

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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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To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.

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Freeing oneself from words is liberation.

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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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Not creating delusions is enlightenment.

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Reality has no inside, outside, or middle part.

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To see nothing is to perceive the Way, and to understand nothing is to know the Dharma, because seeing is neither seeing nor not seeing, and because understanding is neither understanding nor not understanding.

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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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Many roads lead to the Path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.

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An Awakened person is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.

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Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.

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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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In order to see a fish you must watch the water

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