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Bodhidharma

Read through the most famous quotes from Bodhidharma




Whoever knows that the mind is a fiction and devoid of anything real knows that his own mind neither exists nor doesn't exist.


— Bodhidharma


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Whoever realizes that the six senses aren't real, that the five aggregates are fictions, that no such things can be located anywhere in the body, understands the language of Buddhas.


— Bodhidharma


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Your nature is the Buddha.


— Bodhidharma


#nature #your

Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.


— Bodhidharma


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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


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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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