You can't know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.

Quote by Bodhidharma

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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.

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...

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

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

Freeing oneself from words is liberation.

Freeing oneself from words is liberation.

Life and death are important. Don't suffer them in vain.

Life and death are important. Don't suffer them in vain.

All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.

All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.

Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.

Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.

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

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

The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.

The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way.

Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way.

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...

Whoever knows that the mind is a fiction and devoid of anything real knows that...

Whoever knows that the mind is a fiction and devoid of anything real knows that...

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...

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

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

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

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

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.