Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.
BODHIDHARMAMany roads lead to the Path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
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But deluded people don’t realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside.
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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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The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.
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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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The mind is always present. You just don’t see it.
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As long as you’re enthralled by a lifeless form, you’re not free.
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You can’t know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.
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Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.
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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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The essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances.
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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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The mind’s capacity is limitless, and its manifestations are inexhaustible. Seeing forms with your eyes, hearing sounds with your ears, smelling odors with your nose, tasting flavors with your tongue, every movement or state is all your mind.
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The essence of the Way is detachment.
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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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