Life and death are important. Don’t suffer them in vain.
BODHIDHARMAThe mind is the root from which all things grow. If you can understand the mind, everything else is included.
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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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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But deluded people don’t realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside.
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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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You can’t know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.
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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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Many roads lead to the Path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.
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Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.
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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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And the Buddha is the person who’s free: free of plans, free of cares.
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Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.
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Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
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Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.
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I do not need any writing, since I transmit teaching beyond words and ideas.
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The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.
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