Those who worship don’t know, and those who know don’t worship.
BODHIDHARMATo find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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Still others commit all sorts of evil deeds, claiming karma doesn’t exist. They erroneously maintain that since everything is empty, committing evil isn’t wrong. Such persons fall into a hell of endless darkness with no hope of release. Those who are wise hold no such conception.
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Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen.
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All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.
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Everything good and bad comes from your own mind. To find something beyond the mind is impossible.
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Our true buddha-nature has no shape. And the dust of affliction has no form.
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To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.
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Worship means reverence and humility. It means revering your real self and humbling delusions. If you can wipe out evil desires and harbor good thoughts, even if nothing shows, it’s worship. Such form is its real form.
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If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won’t see the Buddha.
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When you don’t understand, you depend on reality. When you do understand, reality depends on you.
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If you use your mind to study reality, you won’t understand either your mind or reality. If you study reality without using your mind, you’ll understand both.
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But when you first embark on the Path, your awareness won’t be focused. You’re likely to see all sorts of strange, dreamlike scenes. But you shouldn’t doubt that all such scenes come from your own mind and nowhere else.
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Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher’s help.
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Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.
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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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And the Buddha is the person who’s free: free of plans, free of cares.
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