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Those who worship don't know, and those who know don't worship.

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All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.

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

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I never lost or fail, not yet conquered. If I fall seven times, I get up eight

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If you use your mind to study reality, you won't understand either your mind or reality. If you study reality without using your mind, you'll understand both. . . . The mind and the world are opposites, and vision arises where they meet. When your mind doesn't stir inside, the world doesn't arise outside. When the world and the mind are both transparent, this is true vision. And such understanding is true understanding.

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If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won't see the Buddha.

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

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All know the way, but few actually walk 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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The essence of the Way is detachment.

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The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They're not the Way.

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And the Buddha is the person who's free: free of plans, free of cares.

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When we're deluded there's a world to escape. When we're aware, there's nothing to escape.

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Don't hate life and death or love life and death. Keep your every thought free of delusion, and in life you'll witness the beginning of nirvana, and in death you'll experience the assurance of no rebirth.

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To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.

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

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When your mind doesn't stir inside, the world doesn't arise outside. When the world and the mind are both transparent, this is true vision. And such understanding is true understanding.

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

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Not creating delusions is enlightenment.

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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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