When you don’t understand, you depend on reality. When you do understand, reality depends on you.
BODHIDHARMAAs mortals, we’re ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.
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To have a body is to suffer.
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According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.
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And as long as you’re subject to birth and death, you’ll never attain enlightenment.
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To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.
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Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
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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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Someone who seeks the Way doesn’t look beyond himself.
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All know the way, but few actually walk it.
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Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
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Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
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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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Reality has no inside, outside, or middle part.
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The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They’re not the Way.
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Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
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