Someone who seeks the Way doesn’t look beyond himself.
BODHIDHARMAOnly one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher’s help.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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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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An Awakened person is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.
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The mind is always present. You just don’t see it.
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In order to see a fish you must watch the water
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People who don’t see their own nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are liars and fools.
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As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you’ll never see that your own mind is the Buddha
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To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
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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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The essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances.
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And as long as you’re subject to birth and death, you’ll never attain enlightenment.
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Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.
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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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But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.
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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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Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.
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