The Way is basically perfect. It doesn’t require perfecting.
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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Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
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The essence of the Way is detachment.
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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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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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Everything good and bad comes from your own mind. To find something beyond the mind is impossible.
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Someone who seeks the Way doesn’t look beyond himself.
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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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And as long as you’re subject to birth and death, you’ll never attain enlightenment.
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If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won’t see the Buddha.
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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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And the Buddha is the person who’s free: free of plans, free of cares.
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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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Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.
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Everything sacred, nothing sacred.
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