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  1. "To have a body is to suffer. Does anyone with a body know peace? Those who understand this detach themselves from all that exists and stop imagining or seeking anything. The sutras say, 'To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.' When you seek nothing, you're on the Path."

    – Bodhidharma

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  2. "A #Buddha doesn’t observe precepts. A Buddha doesn’t do good or evil. A Buddha isn’t energetic or lazy. A Buddha is someone who does nothing, someone who can’t even focus his mind on a Buddha. A Buddha isn’t a Buddha. Don’t think about #Buddhas."

    – Bodhidharma

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

    – Bodhidharma

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  5. "When the mortal mind appears, #buddhahood disappears. When the mortal mind disappears, buddhahood appears. When the mind appears, reality disappears. When the mind disappears, reality appears. Whoever knows that nothing depends on anything has found the Way. And whoever knows that the mind depends on nothing is always at the place of enlightenment."

    – Bodhidharma

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

    – Bodhidharma

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

    – Bodhidharma

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  8. "All know the way; few actually walk it."

    – Bodhidharma

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  9. "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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  10. "The path is not found by seeking. It appears when seeking ends."

    – Bodhidharma

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  11. "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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  12. "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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  13. "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

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  14. "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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  15. "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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  16. "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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  17. "Every suffering is a #Buddha-seed, because suffering impels mortals to seek wisdom. But you can only say that suffering gives rise to #buddhahood. You can’t say that suffering is buddhahood. Your body and mind are the field. Suffering is the seed, wisdom the sprout, and buddhahood the grain."

    – Bodhidharma

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  18. "Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us."

    – Bodhidharma

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  19. "Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial."

    – Bodhidharma

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

    – Bodhidharma

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

    – Bodhidharma

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

    – Bodhidharma

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  23. One of the most striking things about Bodhidharma’s earliest biography is how little it tries to explain or conclude.

    Even the famous “single sandal” story is recorded without interpretation.

    That restraint may be the most instructive thing of all.

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  24. "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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