Everything sacred, nothing sacred.
BODHIDHARMAAll Buddhas preach emptiness. Why? Because they wish to crush the concrete ideas of the students. If a student even clings to an idea of emptiness, he betrays all Buddhas.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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At every moment where language can’t go, that’s your mind.
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Many roads lead to the Path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.
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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 give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
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Trying to find a buddha or enlightenment is like trying to grab space.
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You can’t know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.
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Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.
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This one life has no form and is empty by nature. If you become attached by any form, you should reject it. If you see an ego, a soul, a birth, or a death, reject them all.
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According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.
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Life and death are important. Don’t suffer them in vain.
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Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
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Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
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Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.
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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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And the Buddha is the person who’s free: free of plans, free of cares.
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