"But when you first embark on the Path,……" — Bodhidharma
"But when you first embark on the Path, your awareness won't be focused. You're likely to see all sorts of strange, dreamlike scenes. But you shouldn't doubt that all such scenes come from your own mind and nowhere else."
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Bodhidharma
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89 Quotes by Bodhidharma
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