Trying to find a buddha or enlightenment is like trying to grab space.
BODHIDHARMATo seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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Reality has no inside, outside, or middle part.
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Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.
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People who don’t see their own nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are liars and fools.
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To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
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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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I do not need any writing, since I transmit teaching beyond words and ideas.
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People of this world are deluded. They’re always longing for something – always, in a word, seeking.
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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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Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
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I never lost or fail, not yet conquered. If I fall seven times, I get up eight
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The Way is basically perfect. It doesn’t require perfecting. The Way has no form or sound. It’s subtle and hard to perceive. It’s like when you drink water: you know how hot or cold it is, but you can’t tell others.
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The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind.
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To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature.
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Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way.
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To enter by reason means to realize the essence through instruction and to believe that all living things share the same true nature, which isn’t apparent because it’s shrouded by sensation and delusion.
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