Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way.
BODHIDHARMA
Someone who seeks the Way doesn’t look beyond himself.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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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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To see nothing is to perceive the Way, and to understand nothing is to know the Dharma, because seeing is neither seeing nor not seeing, and because understanding is neither understanding nor not understanding.
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Reality has no inside, outside, or middle part.
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If you see your nature, you don’t need to read sutras or invoke buddhas. Erudition and knowledge are not only useless but also cloud your awareness. Doctrines are only for pointing to the mind. Once you see your mind, why pay attention to doctrines?
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Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.
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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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Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
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Those who worship don’t know, and those who know don’t worship.
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To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
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Many roads lead to the Path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.
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