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Bodhidharma

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BODHIDHARMA According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.
BODHIDHARMA Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.
BODHIDHARMA Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.
BODHIDHARMA Buddhas don't practice nonsense.
BODHIDHARMA Whoever realizes that the six senses aren't real, that the five aggregates are fictions, that no...
BODHIDHARMA To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept wha...
BODHIDHARMA A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.
BODHIDHARMA But deluded people don't realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside.
BODHIDHARMA The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poison...
BODHIDHARMA Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.
BODHIDHARMA Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.
BODHIDHARMA Many roads lead to the path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.
BODHIDHARMA As mortals, we're ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
BODHIDHARMA As long as you're enthralled by a lifeless form, you're not free.
BODHIDHARMA As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you'll never see that your own mind is the Buddha.
BODHIDHARMA And the Buddha is the person who's free: free of plans, free of cares.
BODHIDHARMA And as long as you're subject to birth and death, you'll never attain enlightenment.
BODHIDHARMA All phenomena are empty.
BODHIDHARMA All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.
BODHIDHARMA The essence of the Way is detachment.
BODHIDHARMA Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
BODHIDHARMA Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.
BODHIDHARMA People of this world are deluded. They're always longing for something - always, in a word, seek...
BODHIDHARMA Freeing oneself from words is liberation.
BODHIDHARMA Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.
BODHIDHARMA The mind is the root from which all things grow if you can understand the mind, everything else is i...
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BODHIDHARMA The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.
BODHIDHARMA Every suffering is a seed, because suffering impels us to seek wisdom.
BODHIDHARMA Your mind is nirvana.
BODHIDHARMA The Way is basically perfect. It doesn't require perfecting.
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BODHIDHARMA People who don't see their nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are...
BODHIDHARMA But deluded people don't realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside.
BODHIDHARMA Some of my best friends are illusions. Been sustaining me for years.
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ARTHUR MILLER Wishes and fears are illusions, Dil Bahadur, not realities. You must practice detachment.
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EDWIN WAY TEALE All things are accomplished by the meditative act of releasing illusions and simply becoming.
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ELVIS PRESLEY Logic sucks. It ruins the illusions I create so I don't have to take responsibility.
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MARTIN LUTHER Do not enter where too much is anticipated. It is the misfortune of the over-celebrated that they ca...
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More Bodhidharma

Life and death are important. Don't suffer them in vain.
BODHIDHARMA According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.
BODHIDHARMA Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.
BODHIDHARMA Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.
BODHIDHARMA Buddhas don't practice nonsense.
BODHIDHARMA Whoever realizes that the six senses aren't real, that the five aggregates are fictions, that no...
BODHIDHARMA To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept wha...
BODHIDHARMA A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.
BODHIDHARMA But deluded people don't realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside.
BODHIDHARMA The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poison...
BODHIDHARMA Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.
BODHIDHARMA Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.
BODHIDHARMA Many roads lead to the path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.
BODHIDHARMA As mortals, we're ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
BODHIDHARMA As long as you're enthralled by a lifeless form, you're not free.
BODHIDHARMA As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you'll never see that your own mind is the Buddha.
BODHIDHARMA And the Buddha is the person who's free: free of plans, free of cares.
BODHIDHARMA And as long as you're subject to birth and death, you'll never attain enlightenment.
BODHIDHARMA All phenomena are empty.
BODHIDHARMA All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.
BODHIDHARMA The essence of the Way is detachment.
BODHIDHARMA Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
BODHIDHARMA Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.
BODHIDHARMA People of this world are deluded. They're always longing for something - always, in a word, seek...
BODHIDHARMA Freeing oneself from words is liberation.
BODHIDHARMA Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.
BODHIDHARMA The mind is the root from which all things grow if you can understand the mind, everything else is i...
BODHIDHARMA As long as you're enthralled by a lifeless form, you're not free.
BODHIDHARMA If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it's the fruit of a seed ...
BODHIDHARMA The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.
BODHIDHARMA Every suffering is a seed, because suffering impels us to seek wisdom.
BODHIDHARMA Your mind is nirvana.
BODHIDHARMA The Way is basically perfect. It doesn't require perfecting.
BODHIDHARMA To enter by reason means to realize the essence through instruction and to believe that all living t...
BODHIDHARMA People who don't see their nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are...
BODHIDHARMA But deluded people don't realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside.
BODHIDHARMA