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Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher's help.

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

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Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen.

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The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind.

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Trying to find a buddha or enlightenment is like trying to grab space.

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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 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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Freeing oneself from words is liberation.

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

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

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

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All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.

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If your mind is pure, all buddha-lands are pure.

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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

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

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The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.

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But people of the deepest understanding look within, distracted by nothing. Since a clear mind is the Buddha, they attain the understanding of a Buddha without using the mind.

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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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