Many roads lead to the Path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.
BODHIDHARMAIf 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.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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When your mind doesn’t stir inside, the world doesn’t arise outside. When the world and the mind are both transparent, this is true vision. And such understanding is true understanding.
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To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.
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Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
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In order to see a fish you must watch the water
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The Way is basically perfect. It doesn’t require perfecting.
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According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.
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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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The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.
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One clings to life although there is nothing to be called life; another clings to death although there is nothing to be called death. In reality, there is nothing to be born; consequently, there is nothing to perish.
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Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.
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To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
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Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
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This one life has no form and is empty by nature. If you become attached by any form, you should reject it. If you see an ego, a soul, a birth, or a death, reject them all.
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The essence of the Way is detachment.
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If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won’t see the Buddha.
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