Bodhidharma Quotes

Without the mind there is no Buddha. Without the Buddha there's no mind.

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An Awakened person is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.

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In order to see a fish you must watch the water

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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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And as long as you're subject to birth and death, you'll never attain enlightenment.

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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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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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Those who worship don't know, and those who know don't worship.

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Not thinking about anything is zen. Once you know this, walking, standing, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is zen. To know that the mind is empty is to see the buddha.... Using the mind to reality is delusion. Not using the mind to look for reality is awareness. Freeing oneself from words is liberation.

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Everything good and bad comes from your own mind. To find something beyond the mind is impossible.

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I do not need any writing, since I transmit teaching beyond words and ideas.

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The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.

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The Way is basically perfect. It doesn't require perfecting.

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The mind's capacity is limitless, and its manifestations are inexhaustible. Seeing forms with your eyes, hearing sounds with your ears, smelling odors with your nose, tasting flavors with your tongue, every movement or state is all your mind.

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Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.

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The essence of the Way is detachment.

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When your mind doesn't stir inside, the world doesn't arise outside. When the world and the mind are both transparent, this is true vision. And such understanding is true understanding.

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If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won't see the Buddha.

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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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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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