If you use your mind to study reality, you won't understand either your mind or reality. If you study reality without using your mind, you'll understand both.

Quote by Bodhidharma

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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.

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...

Your nature is the Buddha.

Your nature is the Buddha.

Freeing oneself from words is liberation.

Freeing oneself from words is liberation.

Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.

Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.

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.

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

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

According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.

According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.

To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture...

To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture...

To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.

To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.

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

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

Once you know the nature of anger and joy is empty and you let them...

Once you know the nature of anger and joy is empty and you let them...

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...

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.

The mind is always present. You just don't see it.

The mind is always present. You just don't see it.

The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.

The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.

All phenomena are empty.

All phenomena are empty.

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.

Death is not more certainly a separation of our souls from our bodies than the...

Death is not more certainly a separation of our souls from our bodies than the...

And the Buddha is the person whos free: free of plans, free of cares.

And the Buddha is the person whos free: free of plans, free of cares.