Freeing oneself from words is liberation.
BODHIDHARMAYou can’t know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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The Way is basically perfect. It doesn’t require perfecting.
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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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To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
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If your mind is pure, all buddha-lands are pure.
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The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind.
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To have a body is to suffer. Does anyone with a body know peace? Those who understand this detach themselves from all that exists and stop imagining or seeking anything. The sutras say, “To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.” When you seek nothing, you’re on the Path.
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The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.
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The mind is always present. You just don’t see it.
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Don’t hate life and death or love life and death. Keep your every thought free of delusion, and in life you’ll witness the beginning of nirvana, and in death you’ll experience the assurance of no rebirth.
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Trying to find a buddha or enlightenment is like trying to grab space.
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Reality has no inside, outside, or middle part.
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Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
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Unless you see your nature, all this talk about cause & effect is nonsense. Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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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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According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.
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