Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.
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Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.
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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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When you don’t understand, you depend on reality. When you do understand, reality depends on you.
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Reality has no inside, outside, or middle part.
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As mortals, we’re ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
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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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To have a body is to suffer. Does anyone with a body know peace? Those who understand this detach themselves from all that exists and stop imagining or seeking anything. The sutras say, “To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.” When you seek nothing, you’re on the Path.
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You can’t know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.
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Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
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Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.
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All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.
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