Bodhidharma Quotes, Reality Quotes

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

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All Buddhas preach emptiness. Why? Because they wish to crush the concrete ideas of the students. If a student even clings to an idea of emptiness, he betrays all Buddhas.

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If your mind is pure, all buddha-lands are pure.

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When mortals are alive, they worry about death. When they're full, they worry about hunger. Theirs is the Great Uncertainty. But sages don't consider the past. And they don't worry about the future. Nor do they cling to the present. And from moment to moment they follow the Way.

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

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

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All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.

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Freeing oneself from words is liberation.

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

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To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature.

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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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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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To see nothing is to perceive the Way, and to understand nothing is to know the Dharma, because seeing is neither seeing nor not seeing, and because understanding is neither understanding nor not understanding.

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

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Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.

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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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And the Buddha is the person who's free: free of plans, free of cares.

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Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.

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