"An Awakened person is someone who finds freedom……" — Bodhidharma
"An Awakened person is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad."
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89 Quotes by Bodhidharma
Bodhidharma has 89 quotes on this site.
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Whoever knows that the mind is a fiction and devoid of anything real knows that his own mind neither exists…
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To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
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But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.
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All know the way, but few actually walk it.
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When mortals are alive, they worry about death. When they're full, they worry about hunger. Theirs is the Great Uncertainty.…
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But people of the deepest understanding look within, distracted by nothing. Since a clear mind is the Buddha, they attain…
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Once you stop clinging and let things be, you'll be free, even of birth and death. You'll transform everything.
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The essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances.
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Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
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To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what…
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And as long as you're subject to birth and death, you'll never attain enlightenment.
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Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
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More Awakened Quotes
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Thought once awakened does not again slumber; unfolds itself into a System of Thought; grows, in man after man, generation…
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The serpent, the king, the tiger, the stinging wasp, the small child, the dog owned by other people, and the…
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I shall never forget my mother, for it was she who planted and nurtured the first seeds of good within…
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To cultivate a garden is. . . to go hand in hand with Nature in some of her most beautiful…
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Contemplate to see that awakened people, while not being enslaved by the work of serving living beings, never abandon their…
— Nhat Hanh
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Laws just or unjust may govern men's actions. Tyrannies may restrain or regulate their words. The machinery of propaganda may…
— Winston Churchill
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We are awakened to the profound realization that the true path to liberation is to let go of everything.
— Jack Kornfield
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To start from the self and try to understand all things is delusion. To let the self be awakened by…
— Dogen
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What is most important is to go deep into ourselves and discover the loving kindness and compassion of the buddha…
— Shinjo Ito
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May all beings everywhere with whom we are inseparably connected, be fulfilled, awakened, liberated and free. May there be peace…
— Surya Das
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The soul is awakened through service.
— Erica Jong
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This work somehow awakened my dormant powers of will and I began to practice self-control. At first my resolutions faded…
— Nikola Tesla
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