Bodhidharma Quotes, Suffering Quotes

To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.

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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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People of this world are deluded. They're always longing for something, always, in a word, seeking. But the wise wake up. They choose reason over custom. They fix their minds on the sublime and let their bodies change with the seasons.

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The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.

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

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To enter by reason means to realize the essence through instruction and to believe that all living things share the same true nature, which isn't apparent because it's shrouded by sensation and delusion.

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All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.

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Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.

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

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

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In order to see a fish you must watch the water

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Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.

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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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Unless you see your nature, all this talk about cause & effect is nonsense. Buddhas don't practice nonsense.

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

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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 deluded people don't realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside.

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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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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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