Quotes by Mind 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 mindlongfall But this mind isn't somewhere outside the material body of the four elements. Without this mind we can't move. The body has no awareness. Like a plant or a stone, the body has no nature. So how does it move? It's the mind that moves. Bodhidharma four-elementsmindmoving 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 naturemindclouds At every moment where language can't go, that's your mind. Bodhidharma languagemomentsmind But deluded people don't realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside. Bodhidharma realizingmindpeople The Buddha is your real body, your original mind. Bodhidharma bodyrealmind Without the mind there is no Buddha. Without the Buddha there's no mind. Bodhidharma mind The mind is always present. You just don't see it. Bodhidharma mind If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won't see the Buddha. Bodhidharma usemindlooks Whoever knows that the mind is a fiction and devoid of anything real knows that his own mind neither exists nor doesn't exist. Bodhidharma uprisingrealmind But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes. Bodhidharma dependsmindsuccess If your mind is pure, all buddha-lands are pure. Bodhidharma purelandmind The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind. Bodhidharma mind So it follows that those who have reason have freedom to will or not to will, although this freedom is not equal in all of them. [...] human souls are more free when they persevere in the contemplation of the mind of God, less free when they descend to the corporeal, and even less free when they are entirely imprisoned in earthly flesh and blood. Boethius soulmindblood When we let our mind relax, a moment will come when we rest without thoughts. This stable state is like an ocean without waves. Within this stability a thought arises. This thought is like a wave which forms on the surface of the ocean. When we leave this thought alone, do nothing with it, not "seizing" it, it subsides by itself into the mind where it came from. Bokar Rinpoche oceanmeditationmind Perfect the Will, the Mind, Feeling, their corporeal organs and their material tools; be useful to yourselves, to your own ones, and to others; and Happiness, insofar as it exists on this earth, will come of itself. Bolesław Prus perfectmindfeelings You have to have the right mind-set. Bonnie Blair mind-setmind Envy is one of the scorpions of the mind, often having little to do with the objective, external world. Bonnie Friedman scorpionsenvymind Fiction must convince our bodies for it to have any chance of convincing our minds. Bonnie Friedman bodymindfiction As a writer, I can live somewhat independently, occupying nooks and crannies and finding meaning there. I can even live in my mind a good portion of most days. Bonnie Jo Campbell portionsfindingsmind«8485868788899091929394»
