The mind is the root from which all things grow. If you can understand the mind, everything else is included.
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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In order to see a fish you must watch the water
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As long as you’re enthralled by a lifeless form, you’re not free.
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The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.
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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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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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Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
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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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Someone who seeks the Way doesn’t look beyond himself.
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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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You can’t know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.
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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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Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.
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Trying to find a buddha or enlightenment is like trying to grab space.
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Many roads lead to the Path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.
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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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