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.
BODHIDHARMATo see nothing is to perceive the Way, and to understand nothing is to know the Dharma, because seeing is neither seeing nor not seeing, and because understanding is neither understanding nor not understanding.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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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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In order to see a fish you must watch the water
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Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
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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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The true Way is sublime. It can’t be expressed in language. Of what use are scriptures? But someone who sees his own nature finds the Way, even if he can’t read a word.
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When your mind doesn’t stir inside, the world doesn’t arise outside. When the world and the mind are both transparent, this is true vision. And such understanding is true understanding.
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The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They’re not the Way.
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This one life has no form and is empty by nature. If you become attached by any form, you should reject it. If you see an ego, a soul, a birth, or a death, reject them all.
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As mortals, we’re ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
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Without the mind there is no Buddha. Without the Buddha there’s no mind.
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As long as you’re enthralled by a lifeless form, you’re not free.
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Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.
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Someone who seeks the Way doesn’t look beyond himself.
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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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The Way is basically perfect. It doesn’t require perfecting.
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