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Studying The Buddha Way Is Studying Oneself. Studying Oneself Is Forgetting Oneself. Forgetting Oneself Is Being Enlightened By All Things. Being Enlightened By All Things Is To Shed The Body-mind Of Oneself, And Those Of Others. No Trace Of Enlightenment Remains, And This Traceless Enlightenment Continues Endlessly.

Let Your Heart Go Out And Abide In Things. Let Things Return And Abide In Your Heart.

When You Ride In A Boat And Watch The Shore, You Might Assume That The Shore Is Moving. But When You Keep Your Eyes Closely On The Boat, You Can See That The Boat Moves. Similarly, If You Examine Myriad Things With A Confused Body And Mind You Might Suppose That Your Mind And Nature Are Permanent. But When You Practice Intimately And Return To Where You Are, It Will Be Clear That There Is Nothing That Has Unchanging Self.

Something You Want Badly Enough Can Always Be Gained. No Matter How Fierce The Enemy, How Remote The Beautiful Lady, Or How Carefully Guarded The Treasure, There Is Always A Means To The Goal For The Earnest Seeker. The Unseen Help Of The Guardian Gods Of Heaven And Earth Assure Fulfillment.

Why Abandon A Seat In Your Own Home To Wander In Vain Through Dusty Regions Of Another Land? If You Make One False Step, You Miss What Is Right Before Your Eyes.