Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.
BODHIDHARMAAt every moment where language can’t go, that’s your mind.
More Bodhidharma Quotes
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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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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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And the Buddha is the person who’s free: free of plans, free of cares.
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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 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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Externally keep yourself away from all relationships, and internally have no pantings in your heart; when your mind is like unto a straight-standing wall, you may enter into the Path.
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As mortals, we’re ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
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In order to see a fish you must watch the water
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Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
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The Way is basically perfect. It doesn’t require perfecting. The Way has no form or sound. It’s subtle and hard to perceive. It’s like when you drink water: you know how hot or cold it is, but you can’t tell others.
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The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.
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To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
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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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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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If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it’s the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past.
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