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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CountryIndia
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.
karma believe fall
Unless you see your nature, you shouldn't go around criticizing the goodness of others. There's no advantage in deceiving yourself. Good and bad are distinct. Cause and effect are clear. But fools don't believe and fall straight into a hell of endless darkness without even knowing it. What keeps them from believing is the heaviness of their karma. They're like blind people who don't believe there's such a thing as light. Even if you explain it to them, they still don't believe, because they're blind. How can they possibly distinguish light?
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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?
wall heart advice
Externally keep yourself away from all relationships, and internally have no pantings in your heart; when your mind is like unto a straight-standing wall, you may enter into the Path.
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.
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Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher's help.
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.
world deluded
When we're deluded there's a world to escape. When we're aware, there's nothing to escape.
mind language moments
At every moment where language can't go, that's your mind.
blessed past rewards
If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it's the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past.
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Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.