Those who worship don’t know, and those who know don’t worship.
BODHIDHARMATo give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
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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The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They’re not the Way.
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At every moment where language can’t go, that’s your mind.
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The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.
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To have a body is to suffer.
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You can’t know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.
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To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
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As long as you’re enthralled by a lifeless form, you’re not free.
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The awareness of mortals falls short. As long as they’re attached to appearances, they’re unaware that their minds are empty. And by mistakenly clinging to the appearance of things they lose the Way.
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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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An Awakened person is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.
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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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But deluded people don’t realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside.
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But this mind isn’t somewhere outside the material body of the four elements. Without this mind we can’t move. The body has no awareness. Like a plant or a stone, the body has no nature. So how does it move? It’s the mind that moves.
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Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.
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