I do not need any writing, since I transmit teaching beyond words and ideas.
BODHIDHARMAEverything sacred, nothing sacred.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.
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The essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances.
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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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If you use your mind to study reality, you won’t understand either your mind or reality. If you study reality without using your mind, you’ll understand both.
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Many roads lead to the Path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.
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The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.
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The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They’re not the Way.
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The mind is the root from which all things grow. If you can understand the mind, everything else is included.
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Freeing oneself from words is liberation.
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As long as you’re enthralled by a lifeless form, you’re not free.
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And the Buddha is the person who’s free: free of plans, free of cares.
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To have a body is to suffer.
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To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.
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Without the mind there is no Buddha. Without the Buddha there’s no mind.
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You can’t know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.
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