I do not need any writing, since I transmit teaching beyond words and ideas.
BODHIDHARMATo have a body is to suffer.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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Someone who seeks the Way doesn’t look beyond himself.
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Those who worship don’t know, and those who know don’t worship.
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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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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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An Awakened person is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.
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Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way.
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Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.
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Many roads lead to the Path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.
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I never lost or fail, not yet conquered. If I fall seven times, I get up eight
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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.
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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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To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
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Life and death are important. Don’t suffer them in vain.
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You can’t know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.
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As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you’ll never see that your own mind is the Buddha
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