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.
BODHIDHARMATo have a body is to suffer.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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The Way is basically perfect. It doesn’t require perfecting. The Way has no form or sound. It’s subtle and hard to perceive. It’s like when you drink water: you know how hot or cold it is, but you can’t tell others.
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Leaving behind the false, return to the true: make no discriminations between self and others. In contemplation, one’s mind should be stable and unmoving, like a wall.
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In order to see a fish you must watch the water
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Without the mind there is no Buddha. Without the Buddha there’s no mind.
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All know the way, but few actually walk it.
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As mortals, we’re ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
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If you see your nature, you don’t need to read sutras or invoke buddhas. Erudition and knowledge are not only useless but also cloud your awareness. Doctrines are only for pointing to the mind. Once you see your mind, why pay attention to doctrines?
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Everything good and bad comes from your own mind. To find something beyond the mind is impossible.
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I do not need any writing, since I transmit teaching beyond words and ideas.
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Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.
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Reality has no inside, outside, or middle part.
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The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.
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The mind is always present. You just don’t see it.
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Our true buddha-nature has no shape. And the dust of affliction has no form.
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