As long as you're enthralled by a lifeless form, you're not free.

Quote by Bodhidharma

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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.

The essence of the Way is detachment.

The essence of the Way is detachment.

To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.

To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.

Your nature is the Buddha.

Your nature is 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...

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...

Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.

Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.

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.

Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.

Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.

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...

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.

Words are illusions.

Words are illusions.

All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.

All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.

Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way.

Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way.

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...

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.

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...

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

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

If your mind is pure, all buddha-lands are pure.

If your mind is pure, all buddha-lands 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.