Bodhidharma quotes - page 2

Buddhas don't practice nonsense. (Bodhidharma)
Whoever realizes that the six senses aren't real, that the five aggregates are fictions, that no such things can be located anywhere in the body, understands the language of Buddhas. View quote
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Life and death are important. Don't suffer them in vain. View quote
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Not creating delusions is enlightenment. View quote
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To have a body is to suffer. View quote
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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. View quote
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Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals. View quote
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To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity. View quote
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Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way. View quote
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Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions. View quote
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The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind. (Bodhidharma)
And the Buddha is the person who's free: free of plans, free of cares. View quote
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If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won't see the Buddha. View quote
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Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit. View quote
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Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path. View quote
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Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us. View quote
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If your mind is pure, all buddha-lands are pure. View quote
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Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will. View quote
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But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes. View quote
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Those who worship don't know, and those who know don't worship. View quote
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Many roads lead to the path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice. (Bodhidharma)
A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad. View quote
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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. View quote
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As long as you're enthralled by a lifeless form, you're not free. View quote
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People who don't see their nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are lairs and fools. View quote
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