And the Buddha is the person who’s free: free of plans, free of cares.
BODHIDHARMAAs mortals, we’re ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.
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Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher’s help.
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All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.
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All Buddhas preach emptiness. Why? Because they wish to crush the concrete ideas of the students. If a student even clings to an idea of emptiness, he betrays all Buddhas.
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Everything sacred, nothing sacred.
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You can’t know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.
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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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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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People of this world are deluded. They’re always longing for something – always, in a word, seeking.
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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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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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Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.
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Not thinking about anything is zen. Once you know this, walking, standing, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is zen. To know that the mind is empty is to see the buddha…. Using the mind to reality is delusion. Not using the mind to look for reality is awareness. Freeing oneself from words is liberation.
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According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.
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In order to see a fish you must watch the water
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