But this mind isn’t somewhere outside the material body of the four elements. Without this mind we can’t move. The body has no awareness. Like a plant or a stone, the body has no nature. So how does it move? It’s the mind that moves.
BODHIDHARMAEverything sacred, nothing sacred.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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Without the mind there is no Buddha. Without the Buddha there’s no mind.
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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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To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.
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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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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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As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you’ll never see that your own mind is the Buddha
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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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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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And the Buddha is the person who’s free: free of plans, free of cares.
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The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.
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Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
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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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Our true buddha-nature has no shape. And the dust of affliction has no form.
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Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
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The essence of the Way is detachment.
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