The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.
The essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances.
Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
Don't hate life and death or love life and death. Keep your every thought free of delusion, and in life you'll witness the beginning of nirvana, and in death you'll experience the assurance of no rebirth.
Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.