Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.
The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.
Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.
Whoever knows that the mind is a fiction and devoid of anything real knows that his own mind neither exists nor doesn’t exist.
Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way.
And as long as you’re subject to birth and death, you’ll never attain enlightenment.
The mind is always present. You just don’t see it.
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.
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.
Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.
And the Buddha is the person who’s free: free of plans, free of cares.
The mind is the root from which all things grow if you can understand the mind, everything else is included.
If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won’t see the Buddha.
Words are illusions.
Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher’s help.
As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you’ll never see that your own mind is the Buddha.
The Way is basically perfect. It doesn’t require perfecting.
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.
Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.
Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
As long as you’re enthralled by a lifeless form, you’re not free.
Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
If your mind is pure, all buddha-lands are pure.
You can’t know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.
People of this world are deluded. They’re always longing for something – always, in a word, seeking.
As mortals, we’re ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
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.
Life and death are important. Don’t suffer them in vain.
Your mind is nirvana.
People who don’t see their nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are lairs and fools.
Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.
To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature.
Many roads lead to the path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.
Your nature is the Buddha.
Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.
Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.
A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.
The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.
Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.
To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings.
