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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understanding way dharma
To see nothing is to perceive the Way, and to understand nothing is to know the Dharma, because seeing is neither seeing nor not seeing, and because understanding is neither understanding nor not understanding.
attachment essence practice
The essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances.
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. . . .
creating enlightenment delusion
Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
wisdom practice two
Many roads lead to the Path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.
suffering body
To have a body is to suffer.
life hate rebirth
Don't hate life and death or love life and death. Keep your every thought free of delusion, and in life you'll witness the beginning of nirvana, and in death you'll experience the assurance of no rebirth.
long form lifeless
As long as you're enthralled by a lifeless form, you're not free.
liberation oneself
Freeing oneself from words is liberation.
ignorance engaging
Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
understanding mind vision
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.
doctrine way tao
The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They're not the Way.
blessing kind-deeds evil
According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.
karma
Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.