Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.
BODHIDHARMAEverything sacred, nothing sacred.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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The essence of the Way is detachment.
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Whoever knows that the mind is a fiction and devoid of anything real knows that his own mind neither exists nor doesn’t exist.
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But people of the deepest understanding look within, distracted by nothing. Since a clear mind is the Buddha, they attain the understanding of a Buddha without using the mind.
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Whoever realizes that the six senses aren’t real, that the five aggregates are fictions, that no such things can be located anywhere in the body, understands the language of Buddhas.
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Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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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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Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher’s help.
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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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All know the way, but few actually walk it.
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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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The mind is always present. You just don’t see it.
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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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Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.
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Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.
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