To have a body is to suffer.
BODHIDHARMATo give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.
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All know the way, but few actually walk it.
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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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If you use your mind to study reality, you won’t understand either your mind or reality. If you study reality without using your mind, you’ll understand both.
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I do not need any writing, since I transmit teaching beyond words and ideas.
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Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
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The Way is basically perfect. It doesn’t require perfecting.
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Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way.
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People who don’t see their own nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are liars and fools.
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The mind is the root from which all things grow. If you can understand the mind, everything else is included.
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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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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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Still others commit all sorts of evil deeds, claiming karma doesn’t exist. They erroneously maintain that since everything is empty, committing evil isn’t wrong. Such persons fall into a hell of endless darkness with no hope of release. Those who are wise hold no such conception.
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According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.
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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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