Someone who seeks the Way doesn’t look beyond himself.
BODHIDHARMARegardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
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But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.
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To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature.
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Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher’s help.
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The mind is always present. You just don’t see it.
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Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.
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Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
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To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.
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Externally keep yourself away from all relationships, and internally have no pantings in your heart; when your mind is like unto a straight-standing wall, you may enter into the Path.
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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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As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you’ll never see that your own mind is the Buddha
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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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To have a body is to suffer.
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Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
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The 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.
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