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.
BODHIDHARMAWhen we’re deluded there’s a world to escape. When we’re aware, there’s nothing to escape.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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The mind is always present. You just don’t see it.
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Whoever realizes that the six senses aren’t real, that the five aggregates are fictions, that no such things can be located anywhere in the body, understands the language of Buddhas.
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Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
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As mortals, we’re ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
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All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.
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The true Way is sublime. It can’t be expressed in language. Of what use are scriptures? But someone who sees his own nature finds the Way, even if he can’t read a word.
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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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Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.
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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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To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings.
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If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it’s the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past.
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Worship means reverence and humility. It means revering your real self and humbling delusions. If you can wipe out evil desires and harbor good thoughts, even if nothing shows, it’s worship. Such form is its real form.
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At every moment where language can’t go, that’s your mind.
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If you see your nature, you don’t need to read sutras or invoke buddhas. Erudition and knowledge are not only useless but also cloud your awareness. Doctrines are only for pointing to the mind. Once you see your mind, why pay attention to doctrines?
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Trying to find a buddha or enlightenment is like trying to grab space.
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