Bodhidharma Quotes
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Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
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The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind.
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The mind is the root from which all things grow if you can understand the mind, everything else is included.
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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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As mortals, we're ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
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People who don't see their nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are lairs and fools.
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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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The Way is basically perfect. It doesn't require perfecting.
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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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But deluded people don't realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside.
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Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
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As long as you're enthralled by a lifeless form, you're not free.
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If your mind is pure, all buddha-lands are pure.
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And the Buddha is the person who's free: free of plans, free of cares.
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Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.
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Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.
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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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Your mind is nirvana.
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According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.
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Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.
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But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.
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Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher's help.
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All phenomena are empty.
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Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.