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Many roads lead to the path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.

~Bodhidharma

Topics: Basically Lead Many Only Path Practice Reason Roads Two

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The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.

~Bodhidharma

Topics: Afflictions Anger Delusion Evils Greed Ignorant Infinite Mind Passions Rooted Three

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Life and death are important. Don't suffer them in vain.

~Bodhidharma

Topics: Death Important Life Life And Death Suffer Them Vain

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Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.

~Bodhidharma

Topics: Basically Nature Once See Sex You Your

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According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.

~Bodhidharma

Topics: According Blessings Deeds Evil Good Good Deeds Hardships Result

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

~Bodhidharma

Topics: Buddha Find Nature See You Your

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Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.

~Bodhidharma

Topics: Arising Awareness Body Buddha Either Evil Means Mind Prevents

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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.

~Bodhidharma

Topics: Because Know Neither Nor Nothing Perceive See Seeing Understand Understanding Way Dharma

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

~Bodhidharma

Topics: Bear Deed Evil Foresee Fruit Gods Men Neither Nor Will

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

~Bodhidharma

Topics: Always Longing People Seeking Something Word World

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Biography

Nationality: Indian

Type: Leader

Born: Unknown

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