At every moment where language can’t go, that’s your mind.
BODHIDHARMAReality has no inside, outside, or middle part.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.
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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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The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.
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Without the mind there is no Buddha. Without the Buddha there’s no mind.
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All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.
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Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.
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As mortals, we’re ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
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Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.
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To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature.
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But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.
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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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People who don’t see their own nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are liars and fools.
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Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher’s help.
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This one life has no form and is empty by nature. If you become attached by any form, you should reject it. If you see an ego, a soul, a birth, or a death, reject them all.
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I do not need any writing, since I transmit teaching beyond words and ideas.
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