Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.
BODHIDHARMAWhoever realizes that the six senses aren’t real, that the five aggregates are fictions, that no such things can be located anywhere in the body, understands the language of Buddhas.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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Freeing oneself from words is liberation.
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If your mind is pure, all buddha-lands are pure.
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I do not need any writing, since I transmit teaching beyond words and ideas.
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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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Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
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When we’re deluded there’s a world to escape. When we’re aware, there’s nothing to escape.
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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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In order to see a fish you must watch the water
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Many roads lead to the Path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.
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To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your 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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Trying to find a buddha or enlightenment is like trying to grab space.
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Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.
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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 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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