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

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Without the mind there is no Buddha. Without the Buddha there's no mind.

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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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I do not need any writing, since I transmit teaching beyond words and ideas.

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Not thinking about anything is zen. Once you know this, walking, standing, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is zen. To know that the mind is empty is to see the buddha.... Using the mind to reality is delusion. Not using the mind to look for reality is awareness. Freeing oneself from words is liberation.

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

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Reality has no inside, outside, or middle part.

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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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Whoever realizes that the six senses aren't real, that the five aggregates are fictions, that no such things can be located anywhere in the body, understands the language of Buddhas.

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To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature.

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Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way.

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But this mind isn't somewhere outside the material body of the four elements. Without this mind we can't move. The body has no awareness. Like a plant or a stone, the body has no nature. So how does it move? It's the mind that moves.

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To have a body is to suffer.

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As mortals, we're ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.

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

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People of this world are deluded. They're always longing for something - always, in a word, seeking.

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Life and death are important. Don't suffer them in vain.

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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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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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Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.

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