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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reality depends
When you don't understand, you depend on reality. When you do understand, reality depends on you.
people world longing
People of this world are deluded. They're always longing for something - always, in a word, seeking.
reality opposites understanding
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. . . . The mind and the world are opposites, and vision arises where they meet. When your mind doesn't stir inside, the world doesn't arise outside. When the world and the mind are both transparent, this is true vision. And such understanding is true understanding.
lying thinking mind
Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen.
mean awareness mortality
Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.
fall long mind
The awareness of mortals falls short. As long as they're attached to appearances, they're unaware that their minds are empty. And by mistakenly clinging to the appearance of things they lose the Way.
teaching writing ideas
I do not need any writing, since I transmit teaching beyond words and ideas.
believe mean essence
To enter by reason means to realize the essence through instruction and to believe that all living things share the same true nature, which isn't apparent because it's shrouded by sensation and delusion.
liars practice people
People who don't see their own nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are liars and fools.
order water watches
In order to see a fish you must watch the water
real mean humility
Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.
men evil fruit
Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.
suffering way reaching
Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way.
way looks tao
Someone who seeks the Way doesn't look beyond himself.