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Bodhidharma Quotes about Nature

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If you see your nature, you don't need to read sutras or invoke buddhas. Erudition and knowledge are not only useless but also cloud your awareness. Doctrines are only for pointing to the mind. Once you see your mind,

If you see your nature, you don't need to read sutras or invoke buddhas. Erudition and knowledge are not only useless but also cloud your awareness. Doctrines are only for pointing to the mind. Once you see your mind, why pay attention to doctrines?

Bodhidharma
Nature, Clouds, Mind
Bodhidharma (2009). “The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma”, p.35, Macmillan

Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.

Bodhidharma
Life, Nature, Mind
Bodhidharma (2009). “The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma”, p.25, Macmillan

Unless you see your nature, all this talk about cause & effect is nonsense. Buddhas don't practice nonsense.

Bodhidharma
Nature, Practice, Causes
Bodhidharma (2009). “The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma”, p.17, North Point Press

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