But people of the deepest understanding look within, distracted by nothing. Since a clear mind is the Buddha, they attain the understanding of a Buddha without using the mind.
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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Reality has no inside, outside, or middle part.
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At every moment where language can’t go, that’s your mind.
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The mind is always present. You just don’t see it.
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Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.
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As mortals, we’re ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
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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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When you don’t understand, you depend on reality. When you do understand, reality depends on you.
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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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The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They’re not the Way.
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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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Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher’s help.
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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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Freeing oneself from words is liberation.
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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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To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature.
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