And the Buddha is the person who’s free: free of plans, free of cares.
BODHIDHARMAOur true buddha-nature has no shape. And the dust of affliction has no form.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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Many roads lead to the Path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.
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And as long as you’re subject to birth and death, you’ll never attain enlightenment.
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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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To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature.
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The true Way is sublime. It can’t be expressed in language. Of what use are scriptures? But someone who sees his own nature finds the Way, even if he can’t read a word.
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People who don’t see their own nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are liars and fools.
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Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.
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Life and death are important. Don’t suffer them in vain.
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To have a body is to suffer.
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Someone who seeks the Way doesn’t look beyond himself.
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As mortals, we’re ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
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Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
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Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher’s help.
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Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
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Once you stop clinging and let things be, you’ll be free, even of birth and death. You’ll transform everything.
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