The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.

Quote by Bodhidharma

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Not creating delusions is enlightenment.

Not creating delusions is enlightenment.

All phenomena are empty.

All phenomena are empty.

Whoever realizes that the six senses aren't real, that the five aggregates are fictions, that...

Whoever realizes that the six senses aren't real, that the five aggregates are fictions, that...

Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.

Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.

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.

To enter by reason means to realize the essence through instruction and to believe that...

To enter by reason means to realize the essence through instruction and to believe that...

The Way is basically perfect. It doesn't require perfecting.

The Way is basically perfect. It doesn't require perfecting.

If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it's...

If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it's...

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

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

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.

Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way.

Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way.

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

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

To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.

To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.

Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.

Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.

To see nothing is to perceive the Way, and to understand nothing is to know...

To see nothing is to perceive the Way, and to understand nothing is to know...

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

If you use your mind to study reality, you won't understand either your mind or...

If you use your mind to study reality, you won't understand either your mind or...