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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karma goes-around-comes-around awareness
To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings.
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
anger passion ignorant-masses
The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.
real mean humility
Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.
reality born
One clings to life although there is nothing to be called life; another clings to death although there is nothing to be called death. In reality, there is nothing to be born; consequently, there is nothing to perish.
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.
suffering doe body
To have a body is to suffer. Does anyone with a body know peace? Those who understand this detach themselves from all that exists and stop imagining or seeking anything. The sutras say, "To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss." When you seek nothing, you're on the Path.
way looks tao
Someone who seeks the Way doesn't look beyond himself.