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Bodhidharma Biography

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 kungfu. In Japan, he is known as Daruma.

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You can't know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.

Deceive, Hype, Long, Mind, Real

I never lost or fail, not yet conquered. If I fall seven times, I get up eight

Conquered, Eight, Failing, Fall, Times

The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.

Body, Mind, Original, Real

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.

Appearance, Clinging, Fall, Long, Lose, Mind

As long as you're enthralled by a lifeless form, you're not free.

Enthralled, Form, Lifeless, Long

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.

Dharma, Know, See, Understanding, Way

Without the mind there is no Buddha. Without the Buddha there's no mind.

Buddha, Mind

People of this world are deluded. They're always longing for something - always, in a word, seeking.

Deluded, Longing, People, Word, World

Not creating delusions is enlightenment.

Creating, Delusion, Delusions, Enlightenment

Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen.

Know, Lying, Mind, Thinking, Zen

Reality has no inside, outside, or middle part.

Middle, Part, Reality

Those who worship don't know, and those who know don't worship.

Inspiring, Know, Knows, Worship

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.

Doe, Know, Peace, Seeking, Suffering, Sutras

The Buddha is your real body, your original mind. This mind has no form or characteristics, no cause or effect, no tendons or bones. It's like space. You can't hold it. It's not the mind of materialists or nihilists. If you don't see your own miraculously aware nature, you'll never find a Buddha, even if you break your body into atoms.

Cause, Characteristics, Effect, Real, Space, Wisdom

To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature.

Buddha, Dharma, Nature, See

The mind is always present. You just don't see it.

Mind, Present, See

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.

Mind, Understanding, Vision

Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.

Deed, Deeds, Evil, Foresee, Men

Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.

Real, Mean, Humility, Worship, Delusions, Revering

To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.

Charity, Giving Up, Greatest, Letting Go, Regret

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