Bodhidharma Quotes

A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.

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According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.

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All phenomena are empty.

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All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.

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And as long as you're subject to birth and death, you'll never attain enlightenment.

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

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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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As long as you're enthralled by a lifeless form, you're not free.

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As mortals, we're ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.

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Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.

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Buddhas don't practice nonsense.

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

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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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But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.

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Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.

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Freeing oneself from words is liberation.

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

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

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