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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. ”

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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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A Buddha doesn’t observe precepts. A Buddha doesn’t do good or evil. A Buddha isn’t energetic or lazy. A Buddha is someone who does nothing, someone who can’t even focus his mind on a Buddha. A Buddha isn’t a Buddha. Don’t think about Buddhas.

~ Bodhidharma

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

~ Bodhidharma

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