To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings.
BODHIDHARMANeither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature.
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Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.
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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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But deluded people don’t realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside.
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As mortals, we’re ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
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If you see your nature, you don’t need to read sutras or invoke buddhas. Erudition and knowledge are not only useless but also cloud your awareness. Doctrines are only for pointing to the mind. Once you see your mind, why pay attention to doctrines?
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And the Buddha is the person who’s free: free of plans, free of cares.
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According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.
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Freeing oneself from words is liberation.
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The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind.
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If your mind is pure, all buddha-lands are pure.
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Worship means reverence and humility. It means revering your real self and humbling delusions. If you can wipe out evil desires and harbor good thoughts, even if nothing shows, it’s worship. Such form is its real form.
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Someone who seeks the Way doesn’t look beyond himself.
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But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.
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