Bodhidharma
The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.
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anger
And as long as you're subject to birth and death, you'll never attain enlightenment.
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death
Life and death are important. Don't suffer them in vain.
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death
Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.
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death
All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.
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experience
But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.
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failure
A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.
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freedom
A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.
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good
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.
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learning
Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
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nature
People who don't see their nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are lairs and fools.
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nature
To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature.
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nature
Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.
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nature
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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nature
Your nature is the Buddha.
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nature
Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.
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religion
But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.
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success
Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher's help.
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teacher
The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.
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truth
Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
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wisdom
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