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Freeing oneself from words is liberation.
Bodhidharma
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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.
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Life and death are important. Don't suffer them in vain.
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Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
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But when you first embark on the Path, your awareness won't be focused. You're likely to see all sorts of strange, dreamlike scenes. But you shouldn't doubt that all such scenes come from your own mind and nowhere else.
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