As long as you’re enthralled by a lifeless form, you’re not free.
BODHIDHARMA
Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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As long as you’re enthralled by a lifeless form, you’re not free.
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To have a body is to suffer.
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Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
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If you see your nature, you don’t need to read sutras or invoke buddhas. Erudition and knowledge are not only useless but also cloud your awareness. Doctrines are only for pointing to the mind. Once you see your mind, why pay attention to doctrines?
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Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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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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Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.
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In order to see a fish you must watch the water
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Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.
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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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Those who worship don’t know, and those who know don’t worship.
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