Life and death are important. Don’t suffer them in vain.
BODHIDHARMATo seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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Someone who seeks the Way doesn’t look beyond himself.
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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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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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As mortals, we’re ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
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When you don’t understand, you depend on reality. When you do understand, reality depends on you.
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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 go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings.
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Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
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Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
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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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But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.
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Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.
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All know the way, but few actually walk it.
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Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.
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Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher’s help.
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