Our true buddha-nature has no shape. And the dust of affliction has no form.
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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To have a body is to suffer.
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Don’t hate life and death or love life and death. Keep your every thought free of delusion, and in life you’ll witness the beginning of nirvana, and in death you’ll experience the assurance of no rebirth.
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If your mind is pure, all buddha-lands are pure.
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In order to see a fish you must watch the water
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To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.
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The awareness of mortals falls short. As long as they’re attached to appearances, they’re unaware that their minds are empty. And by mistakenly clinging to the appearance of things they lose the Way.
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Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.
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Life and death are important. Don’t suffer them in vain.
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But people of the deepest understanding look within, distracted by nothing. Since a clear mind is the Buddha, they attain the understanding of a Buddha without using the mind.
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Worship means reverence and humility. It means revering your real self and humbling delusions. If you can wipe out evil desires and harbor good thoughts, even if nothing shows, it’s worship. Such form is its real form.
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Freeing oneself from words is liberation.
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As mortals, we’re ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
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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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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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Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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