Not creating delusions is enlightenment.

Quote by Bodhidharma

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Words are illusions.

Words are illusions.

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.

All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.

All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.

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.

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

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

Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.

Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.

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.

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...

Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.

Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.

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.

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 have a body is to suffer.

To have a body is to suffer.

All know the way; few actually walk it.

All know the way; few actually walk it.

Buddhas don't practice nonsense.

Buddhas don't practice nonsense.

Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.

Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.

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.

Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.

Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.

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

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

Your mind is nirvana.

Your mind is nirvana.