"If you use your mind to study reality,……" — Bodhidharma
"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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Bodhidharma
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89 Quotes by Bodhidharma
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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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An Awakened person is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.
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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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