Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
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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To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.
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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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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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As long as you’re enthralled by a lifeless form, you’re not free.
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All Buddhas preach emptiness. Why? Because they wish to crush the concrete ideas of the students. If a student even clings to an idea of emptiness, he betrays all Buddhas.
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Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.
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To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
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The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.
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When mortals are alive, they worry about death. When they’re full, they worry about hunger. Theirs is the Great Uncertainty. But sages don’t consider the past. And they don’t worry about the future. Nor do they cling to the present. And from moment to moment they follow the Way.
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The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.
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And as long as you’re subject to birth and death, you’ll never attain enlightenment.
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An Awakened person is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.
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Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.
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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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Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
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