Leaving behind the false, return to the true: make no discriminations between self and others. In contemplation, one's … - Bodhidharma

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The only difference between the sane and the insane is that the sane have the power to lock up the insane.

Bodhidharma

Leaving behind the false, return to the true: make no discriminations between self and others. In contemplation, one's mind should be stable and unmoving, like a wall.

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When you don't understand, you depend on reality. When you do understand, reality depends on you.

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Once you stop clinging and let things be, you'll be free, even of birth and death. You'll transform everything.

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

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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. . . .

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