Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
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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.Bodhidharma
If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won't see the Buddha.
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The essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances.
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All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.
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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.
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As long as you're enthralled by a lifeless form, you're not free.
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