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Bodhidharma Quotes


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

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

Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.

Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.

Not creating delusions is enlightenment.

Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.

Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way.

Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.

Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher's help.

Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.

People of this world are deluded. They're always longing for something - always, in a word, seeking.

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

Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.

The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.

The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.

The essence of the Way is detachment.

The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.

The mind is always present. You just don't see it.

The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind.

The mind is the root from which all things grow if you can understand the mind, everything else is included.