Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.
BODHIDHARMAYou can’t know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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I do not need any writing, since I transmit teaching beyond words and ideas.
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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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The essence of the Way is detachment.
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If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won’t see the Buddha.
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The mind is always present. You just don’t see it.
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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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Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.
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Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
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When mortals are alive, they worry about death. When they’re full, they worry about hunger. Theirs is the Great Uncertainty. But sages don’t consider the past. And they don’t worry about the future. Nor do they cling to the present. And from moment to moment they follow the Way.
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But deluded people don’t realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside.
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When your mind doesn’t stir inside, the world doesn’t arise outside. When the world and the mind are both transparent, this is true vision. And such understanding is true understanding.
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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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Not thinking about anything is zen. Once you know this, walking, standing, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is zen. To know that the mind is empty is to see the buddha…. Using the mind to reality is delusion. Not using the mind to look for reality is awareness. Freeing oneself from words is liberation.
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Trying to find a buddha or enlightenment is like trying to grab space.
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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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