Bodhidharma
Bodhidharma
Bodhidharma was a Buddhist monk who lived during the 5th or 6th century. He is traditionally credited as the transmitter of Chan Buddhism to China, and regarded as its first Chinese patriarch. According to Chinese legend, he also began the physical training of the monks of Shaolin Monastery that led to the creation of Shaolin Kung Fu. In Japan, he is known as Daruma...
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truth break-through understanding
If you know that everything comes from the mind, don't become attached. Once attached, you're unaware. But once you see your own nature, the entire Canon becomes so much prose. It's thousands of sutras and shastras only amount to a clear mind. Understanding comes in midsentence. What good are doctrines? The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They're not the Way. The Way is wordless. Words are illusions. . . . Don't cling to appearances, and you'll break through all barriers. . . .
sex
Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.
wind joy path
Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
mind impossible good-and-bad
Everything good and bad comes from your own mind. To find something beyond the mind is impossible.
roots mind grows
The mind is the root from which all things grow. If you can understand the mind, everything else is included.
people mind realizing
But deluded people don't realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside.
people meditation understanding
But people of the deepest understanding look within, distracted by nothing. Since a clear mind is the Buddha, they attain the understanding of a Buddha without using the mind.
meditation fortune dharma
An Awakened person is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.
letting-go regret giving-up
To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
nature clouds mind
If you see your nature, you don't need to read sutras or invoke buddhas. Erudition and knowledge are not only useless but also cloud your awareness. Doctrines are only for pointing to the mind. Once you see your mind, why pay attention to doctrines?
ignorance engaging
Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
essence way detachment
The essence of the Way is detachment.
creating enlightenment delusion
Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
world deluded
When we're deluded there's a world to escape. When we're aware, there's nothing to escape.