Zen Every Day ◯"At every moment where language can't go, that's your mind."
– Bodhidharma
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"But deluded people don't realize that their own mind is the #Buddha. They keep searching outside."
– Bodhidharma
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SydneyJimThe historical #Bodhidharma is often associated with this uncompromising simplicity. He emphasised direct seeing into one’s #nature, beyond rituals. The point was never to accumulate concepts. It was to recognise that chasing after external validation keeps the #mind unsettled. To sit in #meditation was not about worshipping austerity. It was about turning away from endless distraction. (26/54)
#Bodhidharma taught that #awakening is not found in scriptures, rituals, or clinging to forms, but in directly seeing one’s true #nature. #HadakaShizenyoku echoes this by returning the #body to simplicity: #nudity beneath sky, wind, & sunlight. When nothing is hidden, nothing is added. Mountain, breath, skin, & #awareness are not separate. The path is not elsewhere. It is this very moment, just as it is.
"The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion."
– Bodhidharma
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"The path is not found by seeking. It appears when seeking ends."
– Bodhidharma
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"As long as you look for a #Buddha somewhere else, you'll never see that your own mind is the Buddha."
– Bodhidharma
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"If you use your mind to study reality, you won't understand either your mind or reality. If you study reality without using your mind, you'll understand both."
– Bodhidharma
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"If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it's the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past."
– Bodhidharma
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