The essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances.
BODHIDHARMAUnless you see your nature, all this talk about cause & effect is nonsense. Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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As long as you’re enthralled by a lifeless form, you’re not free.
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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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To have a body is to suffer.
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But deluded people don’t realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside.
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Everything sacred, nothing sacred.
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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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Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.
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Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
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Someone who seeks the Way doesn’t look beyond himself.
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The mind is always present. You just don’t see it.
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Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
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Freeing oneself from words is liberation.
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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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An Awakened person is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.
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Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.
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