To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
BODHIDHARMAOur nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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I do not need any writing, since I transmit teaching beyond words and ideas.
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Don’t hate life and death or love life and death. Keep your every thought free of delusion, and in life you’ll witness the beginning of nirvana, and in death you’ll experience the assurance of no rebirth.
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At every moment where language can’t go, that’s your mind.
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Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.
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Everything sacred, nothing sacred.
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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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According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.
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Whoever knows that the mind is a fiction and devoid of anything real knows that his own mind neither exists nor doesn’t exist.
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The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They’re not the Way.
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Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
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Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.
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If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won’t see the Buddha.
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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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But when you first embark on the Path, your awareness won’t be focused. You’re likely to see all sorts of strange, dreamlike scenes. But you shouldn’t doubt that all such scenes come from your own mind and nowhere else.
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To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings.
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