But deluded people don’t realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside.
BODHIDHARMATo have a body is to suffer.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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And the Buddha is the person who’s free: free of plans, free of cares.
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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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Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.
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The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind.
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Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
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Trying to find a buddha or enlightenment is like trying to grab space.
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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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To have a body is to suffer.
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Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.
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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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Many roads lead to the Path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.
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Unless you see your nature, all this talk about cause & effect is nonsense. Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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If your mind is pure, all buddha-lands are pure.
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Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.
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The essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances.
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