I never lost or fail, not yet conquered. If I fall seven times, I get up eight
BODHIDHARMANot engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.
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Not thinking about anything is zen. Once you know this, walking, standing, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is zen. To know that the mind is empty is to see the buddha…. Using the mind to reality is delusion. Not using the mind to look for reality is awareness. Freeing oneself from words is liberation.
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If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won’t see the Buddha.
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Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way.
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To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings.
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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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Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher’s help.
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The essence of the Way is detachment.
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Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
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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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Life and death are important. Don’t suffer them in vain.
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Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
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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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Leaving behind the false, return to the true: make no discriminations between self and others. In contemplation, one’s mind should be stable and unmoving, like a wall.
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In order to see a fish you must watch the water
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