Our true buddha-nature has no shape. And the dust of affliction has no form.
BODHIDHARMAMany roads lead to the Path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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Whoever knows that the mind is a fiction and devoid of anything real knows that his own mind neither exists nor doesn’t exist.
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To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
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The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.
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Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.
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All Buddhas preach emptiness. Why? Because they wish to crush the concrete ideas of the students. If a student even clings to an idea of emptiness, he betrays all Buddhas.
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And the Buddha is the person who’s free: free of plans, free of cares.
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The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.
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Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
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To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.
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The essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances.
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Unless you see your nature, all this talk about cause & effect is nonsense. Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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To enter by reason means to realize the essence through instruction and to believe that all living things share the same true nature, which isn’t apparent because it’s shrouded by sensation and delusion.
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Reality has no inside, outside, or middle part.
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Freeing oneself from words is liberation.
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But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.
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