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Bodhidharma

Read through the most famous quotes from Bodhidharma




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


— Bodhidharma


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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


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


— Bodhidharma


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According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.


— Bodhidharma


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


— Bodhidharma


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A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.


— Bodhidharma


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


— Bodhidharma


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As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you'll never see that your own mind is the Buddha.


— Bodhidharma


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


— Bodhidharma


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


— Bodhidharma


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About Bodhidharma

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Did you know about Bodhidharma?

Tanlin's original is imprecise about Bodhidharma's travels saying only that he "crossed distant mountains and seas" before arriving in Wei. "

After Bodhidharma left the Emperor asked the official in charge of the Imperial Annals about the encounter. "
The Emperor regretted his having let Bodhidharma leave and was going to dispatch a messenger to go and beg Bodhidharma to return.

He is referred as "The Blue-Eyed Barbarian" (碧眼胡) in Chinese Chan texts. Modern scholarship dates him to about the early 5th century. Two popular traditions exist regarding Bodhidharma's origins.

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