Bodhidharma Quotes, Moving Quotes, Birth Quotes

Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.

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The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind.

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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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Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher's help.

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Someone who seeks the Way doesn't look beyond himself.

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To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings.

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The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.

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Everything sacred, nothing sacred.

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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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Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.

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In order to see a fish you must watch the water

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As mortals, we're ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.

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A buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad. Such is his power that karma can't hold him. No matter what kind of karma, a buddha transforms it. Heaven and hell are nothing to him. But the awareness of a mortal is dim compared to that of a buddha, who penetrates everything, inside and out.

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If you use your mind to study reality, you won't understand either your mind or reality. If you study reality without using your mind, you'll understand both.

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Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.

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The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.

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Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen.

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

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One clings to life although there is nothing to be called life; another clings to death although there is nothing to be called death. In reality, there is nothing to be born; consequently, there is nothing to perish.

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The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They're not the Way.

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