Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.

Quote by Bodhidharma

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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.

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 mortals, we're ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.

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

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.

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.

All know the way; few actually walk it.

All know the way; few actually walk it.

Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.

Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.

People of this world are deluded. They're always longing for something - always, in a...

People of this world are deluded. They're always longing for something - always, in a...

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.

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...

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 have a body is to suffer.

To have a body is to suffer.

The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.

The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.

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...

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 Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.

The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.

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...

Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.

Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.

Not creating delusions is enlightenment.

Not creating delusions is enlightenment.

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.