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 wisdom memories
To find Buddha, you have to see your nature. Whoever sees his nature is a Buddha. If you don't see your nature, invoking buddhas, reciting sutras, making offerings, and keeping precepts are all useless. Invoking buddhas results in good karma, reciting sutras results in a good memory, keeping precepts results in good rebirth, and making offerings results in future blessings-but no Buddha.
karma heaven matter
A buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad. Such is his power that karma can't hold him. No matter what kind of karma, a buddha transforms it. Heaven and hell are nothing to him. But the awareness of a mortal is dim compared to that of a buddha, who penetrates everything, inside and out.
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.
karma
Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.
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?
karma wise fall
Still others commit all sorts of evil deeds, claiming karma doesn't exist. They erroneously maintain that since everything is empty, committing evil isn't wrong. Such persons fall into a hell of endless darkness with no hope of release. Those who are wise hold no such conception.
imagine indian-leader nature people practice time
People who don't see their nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are lairs and fools.
space enlightenment trying
Trying to find a buddha or enlightenment is like trying to grab space.
perfect way
The Way is basically perfect. It doesn't require perfecting.
nature practice causes
Unless you see your nature, all this talk about cause & effect is nonsense. Buddhas don't practice nonsense.
land mind pure
If your mind is pure, all buddha-lands are pure.
mind
The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind.
joy suffering depends
All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.
mortals
Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.