Unless you see your nature, all this talk about cause & effect is nonsense. Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
BODHIDHARMA
Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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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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Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.
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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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All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.
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Whoever realizes that the six senses aren’t real, that the five aggregates are fictions, that no such things can be located anywhere in the body, understands the language of Buddhas.
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Without the mind there is no Buddha. Without the Buddha there’s no mind.
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If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won’t see the Buddha.
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Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.
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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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Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.
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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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Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.
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Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
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Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
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