Zen Every Day ◯"Once you stop clinging and let things be, you'll be free, even of birth and death. You'll transform everything."
– Bodhidharma
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"But people of the deepest understanding look within, distracted by nothing. Since a clear mind is the #Buddha, they attain the understanding of a Buddha without using the mind."
– Bodhidharma
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"Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen."
– Bodhidharma
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"Every suffering is a #Buddha-seed, because suffering impels mortals to seek wisdom. But you can only say that suffering gives rise to #buddhahood. You can’t say that suffering is buddhahood. Your body and mind are the field. Suffering is the seed, wisdom the sprout, and buddhahood the grain."
– Bodhidharma
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"Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us."
– Bodhidharma
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"Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial."
– Bodhidharma
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"I never lost or fail, not yet conquered. If I fall seven times, I get up eight."
– Bodhidharma
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"According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings."
– Bodhidharma
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"As mortals, we're ruled by conditions, not by ourselves."
– Bodhidharma
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