All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.

Quote by Bodhidharma

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Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.

Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.

To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature.

To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature.

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.

But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.

But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.

If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won't see the Buddha.

If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won't see the Buddha.

Still others commit all sorts of evil deeds, claiming karma doesnt exist. They erroneously maintain...

Still others commit all sorts of evil deeds, claiming karma doesnt exist. They erroneously maintain...

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

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

All phenomena are empty.

All phenomena are empty.

And as long as you're subject to birth and death, you'll never attain enlightenment.

And as long as you're subject to birth and death, you'll never attain enlightenment.

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.

To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.

To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.

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...

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...

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.

Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.

Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.

To have a body is to suffer.

To have a body is to suffer.

The essence of the Way is detachment.

The essence of the Way is detachment.

The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.

The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.

Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.

Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.

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.