Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
BODHIDHARMALeaving 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.
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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The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.
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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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Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.
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And as long as you’re subject to birth and death, you’ll never attain enlightenment.
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Everything sacred, nothing sacred.
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Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
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The essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances.
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To have a body is to suffer. Does anyone with a body know peace? Those who understand this detach themselves from all that exists and stop imagining or seeking anything. The sutras say, “To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.” When you seek nothing, you’re on the Path.
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An Awakened person is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.
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Once you stop clinging and let things be, you’ll be free, even of birth and death. You’ll transform everything.
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Without the mind there is no Buddha. Without the Buddha there’s no mind.
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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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Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
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Not thinking about anything is zen. Once you know this, walking, standing, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is zen. To know that the mind is empty is to see the buddha…. Using the mind to reality is delusion. Not using the mind to look for reality is awareness. Freeing oneself from words is liberation.
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