The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They’re not the Way.
BODHIDHARMAAll the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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Leaving behind the false, return to the true: make no discriminations between self and others. In contemplation, one’s mind should be stable and unmoving, like a wall.
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Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.
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The Way is basically perfect. It doesn’t require perfecting.
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The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.
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The mind is always present. You just don’t see it.
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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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The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.
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Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
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An Awakened person is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.
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Freeing oneself from words is liberation.
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To have a body is to suffer.
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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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Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.
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I never lost or fail, not yet conquered. If I fall seven times, I get up eight
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As mortals, we’re ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
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