As mortals, we’re ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
BODHIDHARMAI never lost or fail, not yet conquered. If I fall seven times, I get up eight
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way.
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Without the mind there is no Buddha. Without the Buddha there’s no mind.
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Trying to find a buddha or enlightenment is like trying to grab space.
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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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Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.
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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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Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.
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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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Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
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The essence of the Way is detachment.
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You can’t know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.
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Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.
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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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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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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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