To have a body is to suffer.
BODHIDHARMAWhoever knows that the mind is a fiction and devoid of anything real knows that his own mind neither exists nor doesn’t exist.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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And the Buddha is the person who’s free: free of plans, free of cares.
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Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.
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The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind.
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Worship means reverence and humility. It means revering your real self and humbling delusions. If you can wipe out evil desires and harbor good thoughts, even if nothing shows, it’s worship. Such form is its real form.
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Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.
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Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way.
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If you use your mind to study reality, you won’t understand either your mind or reality. If you study reality without using your mind, you’ll understand both.
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And as long as you’re subject to birth and death, you’ll never attain enlightenment.
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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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Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
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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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An Awakened person is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.
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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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Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
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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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