Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen.
BODHIDHARMATo go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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Many roads lead to the Path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.
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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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Someone who seeks the Way doesn’t look beyond himself.
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Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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The awareness of mortals falls short. As long as they’re attached to appearances, they’re unaware that their minds are empty. And by mistakenly clinging to the appearance of things they lose the Way.
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Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.
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The mind is the root from which all things grow. If you can understand the mind, everything else is included.
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All know the way, but few actually walk it.
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To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature.
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Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.
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Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.
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I never lost or fail, not yet conquered. If I fall seven times, I get up eight
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Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
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I do not need any writing, since I transmit teaching beyond words and ideas.
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Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
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