The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.

Quote by Bodhidharma

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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.

Your mind is nirvana.

Your mind is nirvana.

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...

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

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

The essence of the Way is detachment.

The essence of the Way is detachment.

Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.

Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.

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.

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.

To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.

To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.

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...

Buddhas don't practice nonsense.

Buddhas don't practice nonsense.

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.

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...

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.

Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.

Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.

The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.

The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.

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...

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

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

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.