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Hui-k’e asked Bodhidharma how to attain peace of mind. Bodhidharma said, “Bring your mind out, and I will pacify it.” “But when I look for it,” said Hui-k’e, “I can’t find it.” “In that case,” the master concluded, “it’s pacified already.”
Alan Watts • In My Own Way: An Autobiography
Emperor Wu of Liang asked the great master Bodhidharma, “What is the main point of this holy teaching?” “Vast emptiness, nothing holy,” said Bodhidharma. “Who are you, standing in front of me?” asked the emperor. “I do not know,” said Bodhidharma.
John Tarrant • Bring Me the Rhinoceros: And Other Zen Koans That Will Save Your Life
The Vimalakirti Sutra says, ‘Those who truly teach a dharma teach nothing and explain nothing. And those who hear a dharma hear nothing and understand nothing.’ (3) They know that all dharmas are completely empty and that all names and words are provisional and based entirely on emptiness. All words, teachings, and dharmas are without form or condi
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Leslie Liszak • 2 cards
Essentially, all dharmas are non-dharmas. That is, they are nothing more than arbitrary designations behind which nothing is real. In the Diamond Sutra (Chapters 8 and 17), the Buddha says, “As for dharmas, Subhuti, only as non-dharmas can we speak of dharmas.”
Red Pine • The Lankavatara Sutra: Translation and Commentary (NONE)
Dogen founded the Soto sect of Zen Buddhism in 1227 after experiencing enlightenment in the Chinese monastery on Mount Tiantong in 1225. On returning to Japan,
Andrew Juniper • Wabi Sabi: The Japanese Art of Impermanence
The Buddha is an arhan because he is free of passion and will not be reborn, a sugata because he has gone beyond this mundane world, a tathagata because he has come back to teach others, and a fully-enlightened one because there is nothing of which he is not aware.
Red Pine • The Diamond Sutra: The Perfection of Wisdom
Buddha as the living Dharma is sometimes called Vairochana, the eternal Buddha of the ultimate dimension. He is made of light, flowers, joy, and peace, and we can walk with him, sit with him, and take his hand. As we enter the realm of Avatamsaka, it is Vairochana Buddha we encounter.
Thich Nhat Hanh • Cultivating the Mind of Love
bodhisattva vows based on the words of the beloved sixth-century sage Shantideva: May I be a guard for those who need protection A guide for those on the path A boat, a raft, a bridge for those who wish to cross the flood May I be a lamp in the darkness A resting place for the weary A healing medicine for all who are sick A vase of plenty, a tree o
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