Many roads lead to the Path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.
BODHIDHARMAAs mortals, we’re ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
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The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.
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Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.
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In order to see a fish you must watch the water
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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 move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.
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Those who worship don’t know, and those who know don’t worship.
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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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Life and death are important. Don’t suffer them in vain.
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All know the way, but few actually walk it.
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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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The essence of the Way is detachment.
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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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The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind.
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Externally keep yourself away from all relationships, and internally have no pantings in your heart; when your mind is like unto a straight-standing wall, you may enter into the Path.
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