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Words are illusions.
Your mind is nirvana.
All phenomena are empty.
To have a body is to suffer.
Buddhas don't practice nonsense.
Everything sacred, nothing sacred.
Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
The essence of the Way is detachment.
Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
Freeing oneself from words is liberation.
All know the way, but few actually walk it.
In order to see a fish you must watch the water
To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.
Reality has no inside, outside, or middle part.
If your mind is pure, all buddha-lands are pure.
The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.
The mind is always present. You just don't see it.
The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.
Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind.
Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way.
Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.
Someone who seeks the Way doesn't look beyond himself.
Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.
Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.
To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature.
As mortals, we're ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
Life and death are important. Don't suffer them in vain.
Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.
At every moment where language can't go, that's your mind.
To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
The Way is basically perfect. It doesn't require perfecting.
All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.
A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.
You can't know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.
Those who worship don't know, and those who know don't worship.
As long as you're enthralled by a lifeless form, you're not free.
If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won't see the Buddha.
Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
Trying to find a buddha or enlightenment is like trying to grab space.
And the Buddha is the person who's free: free of plans, free of cares.
Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.
An Awakened person is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.
Without the mind there is no Buddha. Without the Buddha there's no mind.
Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher's help.
I do not need any writing, since I transmit teaching beyond words and ideas.
Our true buddha-nature has no shape. And the dust of affliction has no form.
The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They're not the Way.
I never lost or fail, not yet conquered. If I fall seven times, I get up eight
Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.