The mind is always present. You just don’t see it.
BODHIDHARMAI never lost or fail, not yet conquered. If I fall seven times, I get up eight
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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All know the way, but few actually walk it.
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The essence of the Way is detachment.
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People of this world are deluded. They’re always longing for something, always, in a word, seeking. But the wise wake up. They choose reason over custom. They fix their minds on the sublime and let their bodies change with the seasons.
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To have a body is to suffer.
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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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Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
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You can’t know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.
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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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Freeing oneself from words is liberation.
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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.
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And as long as you’re subject to birth and death, you’ll never attain enlightenment.
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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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The mind is the root from which all things grow. If you can understand the mind, everything else is included.
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Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They’re not the Way.
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