Bodhidharma Quotes About Appearance

Quotes about: Appearance

• The essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances.

  Bodhidharma

  Attachment, Essence, Practice

  Bodhidharma (2009). “The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma”, p.47, Macmillan

• If you know that everything comes from the mind, don't become attached. Once attached, you're unaware. But once you see your own nature, the entire Canon becomes so much prose. It's thousands of sutras and shastras only amount to a clear mind. Understanding comes in midsentence. What good are doctrines? The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They're not the Way. The Way is wordless. Words are illusions. . . . Don't cling to appearances, and you'll break through all barriers. . . .

  Bodhidharma

  Truth, Break Through, Understanding

  Bodhidharma (2009). “The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma”, p.31, Macmillan

• The awareness of mortals falls short. As long as they're attached to appearances, they're unaware that their minds are empty. And by mistakenly clinging to the appearance of things they lose the Way.

  Bodhidharma

  Fall, Long, Mind

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