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Words are illusions.
Bodhidharma
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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.
LearningMindRealityYouUnderstand
Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.
KarmaHoldUsRegardlessOur
Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.
MindEvilBodyAwarenessMeans
People who don't see their nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are lairs and fools.
NatureTimeImaginationPracticeSee
To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings.
LifeEndKarmaYouGoAccept
The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.
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Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.
MenEvilFruitWillBearGods
People of this world are deluded. They're always longing for something - always, in a word, seeking.
PeopleWorldAlwaysSomethingWord
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.
NatureBelieveLivingTrueReason
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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