To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature.
BODHIDHARMAMany roads lead to the Path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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As long as you’re enthralled by a lifeless form, you’re not free.
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Without the mind there is no Buddha. Without the Buddha there’s no mind.
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Those who worship don’t know, and those who know don’t worship.
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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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Everything sacred, nothing sacred.
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Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
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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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I never lost or fail, not yet conquered. If I fall seven times, I get up eight
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People of this world are deluded. They’re always longing for something – always, in a word, seeking.
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All know the way, but few actually walk it.
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As mortals, we’re ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
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The mind is always present. You just don’t see it.
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But people of the deepest understanding look within, distracted by nothing. Since a clear mind is the Buddha, they attain the understanding of a Buddha without using the mind.
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If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it’s the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past.
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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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