I do not need any writing, since I transmit teaching beyond words and ideas.
BODHIDHARMASomeone who seeks the Way doesn’t look beyond himself.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.
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Leaving 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.
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The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind.
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When we’re deluded there’s a world to escape. When we’re aware, there’s nothing to escape.
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In order to see a fish you must watch the water
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Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
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As mortals, we’re ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
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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.
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Our true buddha-nature has no shape. And the dust of affliction has no form.
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Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.
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Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
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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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Unless you see your nature, all this talk about cause & effect is nonsense. Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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Life and death are important. Don’t suffer them in vain.
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The Way is basically perfect. It doesn’t require perfecting.
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