When we’re deluded there’s a world to escape. When we’re aware, there’s nothing to escape.
BODHIDHARMAAll know the way, but few actually walk it.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.
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And the Buddha is the person who’s free: free of plans, free of cares.
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To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.
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Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.
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The Way is basically perfect. It doesn’t require perfecting.
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Externally keep yourself away from all relationships, and internally have no pantings in your heart; when your mind is like unto a straight-standing wall, you may enter into the Path.
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According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.
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The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They’re not the Way.
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But people of the deepest understanding look within, distracted by nothing. Since a clear mind is the Buddha, they attain the understanding of a Buddha without using the mind.
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The Way is basically perfect. It doesn’t require perfecting. The Way has no form or sound. It’s subtle and hard to perceive. It’s like when you drink water: you know how hot or cold it is, but you can’t tell others.
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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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Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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Everything sacred, nothing sacred.
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Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.
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In order to see a fish you must watch the water
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