If the disciple’s mind depends upon anything in the sensory realm it will have no solid foundation in any reality.
Source: Diamond Sutra
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namo tanaha tayayah namo aryachana sagara veilochana yuharatchaya tatagataya alahate samyasam buddhaya namo sarva tatagate beiala hatabei samyaksam buddhebei namo arya avolukite shyuraya bodhisattvaya mahasattvaya mahakarunikaya tadya ta om tara tara tiri tiri turu turu itiwei itiyichale chale pulahachale pulahachale kusume kusumawa ray ili mili chitti thohala mapa maya syoha
A good son or daughter who wants to give rise to the highest, most fulfilled, and awakened mind must create this resolved attitude of mind: ‘I must help to lead all beings to the shore of awakening, but, after these beings have become liberated, in truth I know that not even a single being has been liberated.’ Why is this so? If a disciple cherishes the idea of a self, a person, a living being or a universal self, then that person is not an authentic disciple. Why? Because in fact there is no independently existing object of mind called the highest, most fulfilled, and awakened mind.
Source: Shakyamuni Buddha (in the Diamond Sutra)
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Most Honored One (Shakyamuni Buddha): Subhuti, what do you think? Can the Buddha be recognized by means of his bodily form?
Subhuti: No, Most Honored One, the Buddha cannot be recognized by means of his bodily form. Why? Because when the Buddha speaks of bodily form, it is not a real form, but only an illusion.
Most Honored One: All that has a form is illusive and unreal. When you see that all forms are illusive and unreal, then you will begin to perceive your true Buddha nature.
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You have the right to work, but never to the fruit of work. You should never engage in action for the sake of reward, nor should you long for inaction. Perform work in this world, Arjuna, as a man established within himself—without selfish attachments, and alike in success and defeat. For yoga is perfect evenness of mind.
Source: Bhagavad Gita
Buddha of Three Times
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There is no other Golden Elixir outside one’s fundamental nature. Every human being has this Golden Elixir complete in himself: it is entirely realized in everybody. It is neither more in a sage, nor less in an ordinary person. It is the seed of Immortals and Buddhas, and the root of worthies and sages
Source: Liu Yiming
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Heaven appears most partial; but in reality its dealings are most just.
Source: Book of Secret Correspondence (Yin Fu Jing)
