Bodhidharma

Leader

483 - 540

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To see nothing is to perceive the Way, and to understand nothing is to know the Dharma, because seeing is neither seeing nor not seeing and because understanding is neither understanding nor not understanding.
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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.
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All phenomena are empty.
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A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.
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Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.
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Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.
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The essence of the Way is detachment.
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But deluded people don't realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside.
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The mind is always present. You just don't see it.
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Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher's help.
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