Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
BODHIDHARMAThe Way is basically perfect. It doesn’t require perfecting. The Way has no form or sound. It’s subtle and hard to perceive. It’s like when you drink water: you know how hot or cold it is, but you can’t tell others.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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Whoever 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.
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Whoever knows that the mind is a fiction and devoid of anything real knows that his own mind neither exists nor doesn’t exist.
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Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way.
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Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.
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As long as you’re enthralled by a lifeless form, you’re not free.
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And the Buddha is the person who’s free: free of plans, free of cares.
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All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.
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Without the mind there is no Buddha. Without the Buddha there’s no mind.
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I do not need any writing, since I transmit teaching beyond words and ideas.
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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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The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They’re not the Way.
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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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Unless you see your nature, all this talk about cause & effect is nonsense. Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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You can’t know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.
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Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
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