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“But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.”
“Not creating delusions is enlightenment.”
“Many roads lead to the path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.”
“Your mind is nirvana.”
“If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it's the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past.”
“As mortals, we're ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.”
“Whoever realizes that the six senses aren't real, that the five aggregates are fictions, that no such things can be located anywhere in the body, understands the language of Buddhas.”
“To see nothing is to perceive the Way, and to understand nothing is to know the Dharma, because seeing is neither seeing nor not seeing and because understanding is neither understanding nor not understanding.”
“Buddhas don't practice nonsense.”
“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.”
“To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature.”
“The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.”
“The mind is always present. You just don't see it.”
“Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen.”
“Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our 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.”
“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.”
“The essence of the Way is detachment.”
“A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.”
“People of this world are deluded. They're always longing for something - always, in a word, seeking.”