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Bodhidharma, also known as Daruma, is one of the founders of Chan Buddhism (Zen). He is believed to be from South India and is venerated as the 'First Patriarch of Chan in the East'. His life story is largely mythologized, and his exact birth and death dates are unknown.

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“An Awakened person is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.”

Persons Meditation Fortune Good Fortune Awakened Dharma

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“To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings.”

Life Ends Accepting Awareness Karma Mortals Nurture Dharma Goes Around Comes Around

Book:The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma

Source: The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma

“Many roads lead to the Path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.”

Two Reason Wisdom Practice Path Tao Dharma Two Roads

Book:The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma

Source: The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma

“The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.”

Mind Passion Three Evil Anger Infinite Greed Ignorant Poison Delusion Rooted Affliction Dharma Ignorant Masses

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“But deluded people don't realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside.”

People Mind Realizing Dharma Deluded

Book:The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma

Source: The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma

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

Book:The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma

Source: The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma

“To see nothing is to perceive the Way, and to understand nothing is to know the Dharma, because seeing is neither seeing nor not seeing, and because understanding is neither understanding nor not understanding.”

Knows Way Understanding Seeing Perceive Dharma

Book:The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma

Source: The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma

“To enter by reason means to realize the essence through instruction and to believe that all living things share the same true nature, which isn't apparent because it's shrouded by sensation and delusion.”

Believe Mean Reason Realizing Share Essence Delusion Sensations Instruction Living Things Dharma True Nature

Book:The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma

Source: The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma

“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.”

Ifs Should Past Fame Blessed Fortune Fruit Rewards Seeds Dharma Being Blessed Great Reward

Book:The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma

Source: The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma

“The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.”

Book:The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma

Source: The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma

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