Bodhidharma Quotes

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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Nothing, Understand, Nor

Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
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As long as you're enthralled by a lifeless form, you're not free.
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Long, Free, Lifeless

Life and death are important. Don't suffer them in vain.
Bodhidharma

Life, Death, Important

Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
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Creating, Delusions

People who don't see their nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are lairs and fools.
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Nature, Time, Practice

The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind.
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To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature.
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Nature, Find, Buddha

All phenomena are empty.
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Empty, Phenomena

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

If your mind is pure, all buddha-lands are pure.
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Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.
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Nature, Sex, Once

The essence of the Way is detachment.
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Essence, Detachment

To have a body is to suffer.
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Words are illusions.
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Words, Illusions

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

Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.
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Means, Delusion, Awareness

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

Many roads lead to the path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.
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Two, Path, Reason

Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.
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Liberate, Mortals, Buddhas

Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.
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Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way.
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Suffering, Another, Existence

The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.
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Mind, Real, Body

The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.
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Truth, Pure, Dharma

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

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