As long as you're enthralled by a lifeless form, you're not free.

People of this world are deluded. They're always longing for something - always, in a word, seeking.

I never lost or fail, not yet conquered. If I fall seven times, I get up eight

The Buddha is your real body, your original mind. This mind has no form or characteristics, no cause or effect, no tendons or bones. It's like space. You can't hold it. It's not the mind of materialists or nihilists. If you don't see your own miraculously aware nature, you'll never find a Buddha, even if you break your body into atoms.

According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.

But people of the deepest understanding look within, distracted by nothing. Since a clear mind is the Buddha, they attain the understanding of a Buddha without using the mind.

Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen.