Many roads lead to the path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.

Quote by Bodhidharma

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Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.

Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.

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

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

Freeing oneself from words is liberation.

Freeing oneself from words is liberation.

The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind.

The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind.

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...

All phenomena are empty.

All phenomena are empty.

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

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

Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.

Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.

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

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

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.

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.

But deluded people don't realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching...

But deluded people don't realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching...

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.

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...

As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you'll never see that your...

As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you'll never see that your...

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.

The mind is the root from which all things grow if you can understand the...

The mind is the root from which all things grow if you can understand the...

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...

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

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