Many roads lead to the Path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.
BODHIDHARMAIn order to see a fish you must watch the water
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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Without the mind there is no Buddha. Without the Buddha there’s no mind.
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Reality has no inside, outside, or middle part.
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If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won’t see the Buddha.
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At every moment where language can’t go, that’s your mind.
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Trying to find a buddha or enlightenment is like trying to grab space.
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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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Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
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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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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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Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.
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Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher’s help.
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I do not need any writing, since I transmit teaching beyond words and ideas.
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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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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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Our true buddha-nature has no shape. And the dust of affliction has no form.
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