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Bodhidharma Quotes: "When you don't understand, you depend on reality. When you do understand, reality depends on you."

When you don't understand, you depend on reality. When you do understand, reality depends on you.



Bodhidharma Quotes: "Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen."

Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen.




Bodhidharma Quotes: "Once you stop clinging and let things be, you'll be free, even of birth and death. You'll transform everything."

Once you stop clinging and let things be, you'll be free, even of birth and death. You'll transform everything.



Bodhidharma Quotes: "All know the way, but few actually walk it."

All know the way, but few actually walk it.




Bodhidharma Quotes: "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."

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.



Bodhidharma Quotes: "To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss."

To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.



Bodhidharma Quotes: "The essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances."

The essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances.




Bodhidharma Quotes: "The true Way is sublime. It can't be expressed in language. Of what use are scriptures? But someone who sees his own nature finds the Way, even if he can't read a word."

The true Way is sublime. It can't be expressed in language. Of what use are scriptures? But someone who sees his own nature finds the Way, even if he can't read a word.



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

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



Bodhidharma Quotes: "This one life has no form and is empty by nature. If you become attached by any form, you should reject it. If you see an ego, a soul, a birth, or a death, reject them all."

This one life has no form and is empty by nature. If you become attached by any form, you should reject it. If you see an ego, a soul, a birth, or a death, reject them all.



Bodhidharma Quotes: "The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They're not the Way."

The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They're not the Way.



Bodhidharma Quotes: "Those who worship don't know, and those who know don't worship."

Those who worship don't know, and those who know don't worship.




Bodhidharma Quotes: "Buddhas don't practice nonsense."

Buddhas don't practice nonsense.



Bodhidharma Quotes: "As mortals, we're ruled by conditions, not by ourselves."

As mortals, we're ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.



Bodhidharma Quotes: "When we're deluded there's a world to escape. When we're aware, there's nothing to escape."

When we're deluded there's a world to escape. When we're aware, there's nothing to escape.



Bodhidharma Quotes: "You can't know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself."

You can't know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.



Bodhidharma Quotes: "Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher's help."

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



Bodhidharma Quotes: "Life and death are important. Don't suffer them in vain."

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



Bodhidharma Quotes: "Many roads lead to the Path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice."

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



Bodhidharma Quotes: "Trying to find a buddha or enlightenment is like trying to grab space."

Trying to find a buddha or enlightenment is like trying to grab space.



Bodhidharma Quotes: "Everything good and bad comes from your own mind. To find something beyond the mind is impossible."

Everything good and bad comes from your own mind. To find something beyond the mind is impossible.



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

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



Bodhidharma Quotes: "An Awakened person is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad."

An Awakened person is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.



Bodhidharma Quotes: "Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature."

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



Bodhidharma Quotes: "But people of the deepest understanding look within, distracted by nothing. Since a clear mind is the Buddha, they attain the understanding of a Buddha without using the mind."

But people of the deepest understanding look within, distracted by nothing. Since a clear mind is the Buddha, they attain the understanding of a Buddha without using the mind.



Bodhidharma Quotes: "Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom."

Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.



Bodhidharma Quotes: "Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either."

Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.



Bodhidharma Quotes: "Externally keep yourself away from all relationships, and internally have no pantings in your heart; when your mind is like unto a straight-standing wall, you may enter into the Path."

Externally keep yourself away from all relationships, and internally have no pantings in your heart; when your mind is like unto a straight-standing wall, you may enter into the Path.



Bodhidharma Quotes: "Not creating delusions is enlightenment."

Not creating delusions is enlightenment.



Bodhidharma Quotes: "To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity."

To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.



Bodhidharma Quotes: "To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings."

To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings.



Bodhidharma Quotes: "The awareness of mortals falls short. As long as they're attached to appearances, they're unaware that their minds are empty. And by mistakenly clinging to the appearance of things they lose the Way."

The awareness of mortals falls short. As long as they're attached to appearances, they're unaware that their minds are empty. And by mistakenly clinging to the appearance of things they lose the Way.



Bodhidharma Quotes: "Reality has no inside, outside, or middle part."

Reality has no inside, outside, or middle part.



Bodhidharma Quotes: "The mind is the root from which all things grow. If you can understand the mind, everything else is included."

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



Bodhidharma Quotes: "People who don't see their own nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are liars and fools."

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



Bodhidharma Quotes: "If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it's the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past."

If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it's the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past.



Bodhidharma Quotes: "At every moment where language can't go, that's your mind."

At every moment where language can't go, that's your mind.



Bodhidharma Quotes: "The essence of the Way is detachment."

The essence of the Way is detachment.



Bodhidharma Quotes: "To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature."

To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature.



Bodhidharma Quotes: "And the Buddha is the person who's free: free of plans, free of cares."

And the Buddha is the person who's free: free of plans, free of cares.



Bodhidharma Quotes: "As long as you're enthralled by a lifeless form, you're not free."

As long as you're enthralled by a lifeless form, you're not free.



Bodhidharma Quotes: "I never lost or fail, not yet conquered. If I fall seven times, I get up eight"

I never lost or fail, not yet conquered. If I fall seven times, I get up eight



Bodhidharma Quotes: "Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals."

Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.



Bodhidharma Quotes: "Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will."

Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.



Bodhidharma Quotes: "Leaving behind the false, return to the true: make no discriminations between self and others. In contemplation, one's mind should be stable and unmoving, like a wall."

Leaving behind the false, return to the true: make no discriminations between self and others. In contemplation, one's mind should be stable and unmoving, like a wall.



Bodhidharma Quotes: "When your mind doesn't stir inside, the world doesn't arise outside. When the world and the mind are both transparent, this is true vision. And such understanding is true understanding."

When your mind doesn't stir inside, the world doesn't arise outside. When the world and the mind are both transparent, this is true vision. And such understanding is true understanding.



Bodhidharma Quotes: "But deluded people don't realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside."

But deluded people don't realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside.



Bodhidharma Quotes: "And as long as you're subject to birth and death, you'll never attain enlightenment."

And as long as you're subject to birth and death, you'll never attain enlightenment.



Bodhidharma Quotes: "The mind is always present. You just don't see it."

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