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.
BODHIDHARMATo go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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As mortals, we’re ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
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The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind.
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Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
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Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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Freeing oneself from words is liberation.
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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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At every moment where language can’t go, that’s your mind.
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Reality has no inside, outside, or middle part.
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All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.
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Without the mind there is no Buddha. Without the Buddha there’s no mind.
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Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen.
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Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
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But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.
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The mind’s capacity is limitless, and its manifestations are inexhaustible. Seeing forms with your eyes, hearing sounds with your ears, smelling odors with your nose, tasting flavors with your tongue, every movement or state is all your mind.
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You can’t know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.
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