And the Buddha is the person who’s free: free of plans, free of cares.
BODHIDHARMABut this mind isn’t somewhere outside the material body of the four elements. Without this mind we can’t move. The body has no awareness. Like a plant or a stone, the body has no nature. So how does it move? It’s the mind that moves.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.
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All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.
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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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The awareness of mortals falls short. As long as they’re attached to appearances, they’re unaware that their minds are empty. And by mistakenly clinging to the appearance of things they lose the Way.
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The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.
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Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.
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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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The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind.
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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 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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Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way.
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The true Way is sublime. It can’t be expressed in language. Of what use are scriptures? But someone who sees his own nature finds the Way, even if he can’t read a word.
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The essence of the Way is detachment.
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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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Unless you see your nature, all this talk about cause & effect is nonsense. Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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