Bodhidharma

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Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will. ↗


— Bodhidharma

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If your mind is pure, all buddha-lands are pure. ↗


— Bodhidharma

#pure #your

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


— Bodhidharma

#important #life #life and death #suffer #them

Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial. ↗


— Bodhidharma

#immaterial #nature #once #see #sex

The essence of the Way is detachment. ↗


— Bodhidharma

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


— Bodhidharma

#find #nature #see #you #your

To have a body is to suffer. ↗


— Bodhidharma

#suffer

Words are illusions. ↗


— Bodhidharma

#words

And the Buddha is the person who's free: free of plans, free of cares. ↗


— Bodhidharma

#cares #free #person #plans #who

Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood. ↗


— Bodhidharma

#delusion #means #mortality






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Did you know about Bodhidharma?

Tanlin's original is imprecise about Bodhidharma's travels saying only that he "crossed distant mountains and seas" before arriving in Wei. "

After Bodhidharma left the Emperor asked the official in charge of the Imperial Annals about the encounter. "
The Emperor regretted his having let Bodhidharma leave and was going to dispatch a messenger to go and beg Bodhidharma to return.

He is referred as "The Blue-Eyed Barbarian" (碧眼胡) in Chinese Chan texts. Modern scholarship dates him to about the early 5th century. Two popular traditions exist regarding Bodhidharma's origins.