All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.
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To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings.Bodhidharma
Disciple But the Bathhouse Sutra says, 'By contributing to the bathing of monks, people receive limitless blessings.' This would appear to be an instance of external practice achieving merit. How does this relate to beholding the mind Bodhidharma ... Our true buddha-nature has no shape. And the dust of affliction has no form. How can people use ordinary water to wash an intangible body It won't work.... To clean such a body you have to behold it. Once impurities and filth arise from desire, they multiply until they cover you inside and out. But if you try to wash this body of yours, you'll have to scrub until it's nearly gone before it's clean.
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If your mind is pure, all buddha-lands are pure.
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As mortals, we're ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
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To have a body is to suffer. Does anyone with a body know peace Those who understand this detach themselves from all that exists and stop imagining or seeking anything. The sutras say, 'To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.' When you seek nothing, you're on the Path.
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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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