In order to see a fish you must watch the water
BODHIDHARMANot thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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At every moment where language can’t go, that’s your mind.
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As long as you’re enthralled by a lifeless form, you’re not free.
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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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When we’re deluded there’s a world to escape. When we’re aware, there’s nothing to escape.
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Without the mind there is no Buddha. Without the Buddha there’s no mind.
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To see nothing is to perceive the Way, and to understand nothing is to know the Dharma, because seeing is neither seeing nor not seeing, and because understanding is neither understanding nor not understanding.
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Reality has no inside, outside, or middle part.
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The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.
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Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
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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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Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
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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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The mind is always present. You just don’t see it.
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Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.
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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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