Freeing oneself from words is liberation.
BODHIDHARMAReality has no inside, outside, or middle part.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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Everything sacred, nothing sacred.
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Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.
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Without the mind there is no Buddha. Without the Buddha there’s no mind.
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Life and death are important. Don’t suffer them in vain.
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As long as you’re enthralled by a lifeless form, you’re not free.
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Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.
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When your mind doesn’t stir inside, the world doesn’t arise outside. When the world and the mind are both transparent, this is true vision. And such understanding is true understanding.
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In order to see a fish you must watch the water
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The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.
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If your mind is pure, all buddha-lands are pure.
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Trying to find a buddha or enlightenment is like trying to grab space.
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But people of the deepest understanding look within, distracted by nothing. Since a clear mind is the Buddha, they attain the understanding of a Buddha without using the mind.
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The mind is always present. You just don’t see it.
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All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.
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When we’re deluded there’s a world to escape. When we’re aware, there’s nothing to escape.
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