Quotes By Bodhidharma
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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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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Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.
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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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The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.
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People of this world are deluded. They're always longing for something - always, in a word, seeking.
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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.
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Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.
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According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.
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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 mind is the root from which all things grow if you can understand the mind, everything else is included.
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