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emmavrses: "So Bodhidharma sat his ass in a nearby cave and faced the wall for nine years, listening to the ants scream." "Listening to what?" "The ants scream, Runin. Keep up."
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mujaku: With zazen 坐禅, we come to the limits of our six senses and the five aggregates. How do we get beyond these limits which only conceal? It's by direct intuition of Bodhidharma's "wall": the luminous mind (prabhāsvaracitta).
otomo_zen: mujaku: With zazen 坐禅, we come to the limits of our six senses and the five aggregates. How do we get beyond these limits which only conceal? It's by direct intuition of Bodhidharma's "wall": the luminous mind (prabhāsvaracitta).
lickitysplickly: two big swinging dicks of the floating world :
if bodhidharma were to meet h.h the dalai lama would he address him as " your vast empty nothing holiness " ?
asking for a friend
mujaku: Chan or Zen went into Tibet. In the Tibetan account, Bodhidharma’s wall gazing 壁觀 means "facing or turning to the real". (Imagine the monolith being the "wall" in Stanley Kubrick's 2001 space odyssey.)
ActHm: "But people of the deepest understanding look within, distracted by nothing. Since a clear mind is the Buddha, they attain the understanding of a Buddha without using the mind." ― Bodhidharma
emmavrses: "So Bodhidharma sat his ass in a nearby cave and faced the wall for nine years, listening to the ants scream." "Listening to what?" "The ants scream, Runin. Keep up."
robertsnickc: “Not creating delusions is enlightenment.”
~ Bodhidharma (5th century AD)
ZangZContent: It’s very difficult to forget your ‘Self,’ because forgetting your ‘Self’ is the opposite of what 99% of people have done their entire lives. But the Buddha did it—& Bodhidharma did it—by sitting cross-legged & staring at a wall. You can also sit cross-legged & stare at a wall.
ShanJieshi: to be successful in today's buddhism you just have to do everything backwards.
Emperor Wu and his good deeds were useless. Bodhidharma told him so.
Today if you donate enough to build a mega residence in the south of France, you will probably get be ordained and being venerable
what_it_is_2_u: "The moment of realizing the unity of Mind and the 'substance' which constitutes reality may truly be said to baffle description." -Bodhidharma
emmavrses: "So Bodhidharma sat his ass in a nearby cave and faced the wall for nine years, listening to the ants scream." "Listening to what?" "The ants scream, Runin. Keep up."
aware1987: "Seeing through the mundane and witnessing the sublime is less than an eye-blink away." -- Bodhidharma
cerebrate: all”.
The Emperor, somewhat put out, demands to know why.
Bodhidharma asks: “Well, what do you think of gay people?”
The Emperor answers: “What do you think I am, some kind of homophobic bigot? Of course I have nothing against gay people!”
And Bodhidharma answers: “Thus (3/6)
Mac_n_tash: All know the way; few actually walk it. ~Bodhidharma
CayceCrane: "The idea of Bodhidharma influencing Shaolin boxing is based on a Qigong manual written during the 17th century. This is when a Taoist with the pen name 'Purple Coagulation Man of the Way' wrote the Sinews Changing Classic in 1624, but claimed to have discovered it"
robertsnickc: “Not creating delusions is enlightenment.”
~ Bodhidharma (5th century AD)
pkmn_philosophy: Bodhidharma once said 'A brat like you won't appreciate the magnificence of TEAM ROCKET. That's too bad. I really admire your power.'
Buddhism_Now: Morning Meditation: At every moment, where language can't go, that's your mind. Bodhidharma
emmavrses: "So Bodhidharma sat his ass in a nearby cave and faced the wall for nine years, listening to the ants scream." "Listening to what?" "The ants scream, Runin. Keep up."
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Vik1857: Bodhidharma, the semi-legendary 5th C. South Indian Brahmin from Kanchi who advocated mediatation (dhyana) facing a wall, is credited with seeding “ch’an” (zen) in China. He is also associated with kung fu, the Shaolin Temple and is thought to have brought tea to China.
emmavrses: "So Bodhidharma sat his ass in a nearby cave and faced the wall for nine years, listening to the ants scream." "Listening to what?" "The ants scream, Runin. Keep up."
sum_social: The Ghost of Bodhidharma asked me to remind any followers who might be in need of a turning phrase:
“Those who worship don’t know, and those who know don’t worship.”
LimaCharlie_4: - Tammuz, Spring God of Mesopotamia
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- Hindu lore: Savitri
- Buddhism’s Bodhidharma
- Odin’s Sacrifice(?)
- Mayan, Toltec and Aztec lore: Quetzalcóatl, the feathered serpent
- And of course, Jesus of Nazareth
kjamwal87: Indian sailors also played a crucial role in the spread of Buddhism. The famous Buddhist monk, Bodhidharma, traveled from India to China by sea in the 5th century CE, introducing Buddhism to China and other East Asian countries.
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emmavrses: "So Bodhidharma sat his ass in a nearby cave and faced the wall for nine years, listening to the ants scream." "Listening to what?" "The ants scream, Runin. Keep up."
BaudelioDean: Morning Meditation: At Every Moment..
‘At every moment, where language can't go, that's your mind.’
Bodhidharma
emmavrses: "So Bodhidharma sat his ass in a nearby cave and faced the wall for nine years, listening to the ants scream." "Listening to what?" "The ants scream, Runin. Keep up."
ShanJieshi: They taught no practices, no means and no attainment. As Joshu said, “We are all Patriarchs now that Bodhidharma has come.” The Zen conversation is characterized by several memes, one of which is the Four Statements of Zen.
mujaku: "Everyone wants to see this Mind [the animative spirit], and those who move their hands and feet by its light are as many as the grains of the sand along the Ganges, but when you ask them, they can't explain it. They're like puppets." — Bodhidharma
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BuddhismNow: Morning Meditation: At every moment, where language can't go, that's your mind. Bodhidharma
emmavrses: "So Bodhidharma sat his ass in a nearby cave and faced the wall for nine years, listening to the ants scream." "Listening to what?" "The ants scream, Runin. Keep up."
maintcraft: “As butterflies come to the newly planted flowers,
Bodhidharma says, “I have not a slightest clue”
Me neither
TheWisdomClock: 5PM "Many roads lead to the path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice. " -Bodhidharma
emmavrses: "So Bodhidharma sat his ass in a nearby cave and faced the wall for nine years, listening to the ants scream." "Listening to what?" "The ants scream, Runin. Keep up."
DeepakInsights: The Buddhist monk Bodhidharma, also known as Daruma in Japan, is credited with bringing the teachings of Buddhism to China from India, and from there, the religion was introduced to Japan.
Pawsore: Seven times knocked down. Eight times get back up. --- Bodhidharma
emmavrses: "So Bodhidharma sat his ass in a nearby cave and faced the wall for nine years, listening to the ants scream." "Listening to what?" "The ants scream, Runin. Keep up."
ibrahimbri32881: But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.,Bodhidharma,Success, Mind, Depend ,
shibumigido: "You ask the question. That's the Mind (Awareness) in you. I answer it. That's the Mind (Awareness) in me." -Bodhidharma, at the Shaolin monastery circa 527 CE
sanjabh: The eternal lamp is perfect awareness.
Seekers of liberation see their body as the lamp, their mind as it's wick, discipline as its oil, and wisdom as its flame.
And by passing this Dharma to others, the light lasts forever.
Bodhidharma
LukaMajimbo14: But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.,Bodhidharma,Success, Mind, Depend ,
PhuilauB: Fact you much know: THE LEGEND OF
INDIA -Bodhidharma was the second Indi...
3KingZAppZ1: "All know the way; few actually walk it" -- Bodhidharma
hbmutungi1: "Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen." ― Bodhidharma
TrueQuotation: Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds. — Bodhidharma
e91697: People who don't see their nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are lairs and fools.,Bodhidharma,Nature, Time, People ,
dropsinbucket: Bodhidharma: To see form but not be corrupted by form or to hear sound but not to be corrupted by sound is liberation. Eyes that aren't attached to form are the gates of Zen.
emmavrses: "So Bodhidharma sat his ass in a nearby cave and faced the wall for nine years, listening to the ants scream." "Listening to what?" "The ants scream, Runin. Keep up."
mash2811: Who came first on mother earth - Bodhidharma(Daruma/Damo) who developed Chan/Zen or Tai/Chai which avoided sleep for meditators?
What's the difference in Buddha & Bodhidharma statues in China vs those in Japan?
Why Do Japanese Daruma Dolls Have No Limbs?
mujaku: If people weren't deluded, why would they ask about something right in front of them? Not one of them understands the movement of his own hands and feet. The Buddha wasn't mistaken. Deluded people don't know who they are. — Bodhidharma
mujaku: Only the wise know this Mind, this Mind called dharma-nature, this Mind called liberation. Neither life nor death can restrain this Mind. Nothing can. It's also called the Unstoppable Tathagata, the Incomprehensible, the Sacred Self, the Immortal, the Great Sage. — Bodhidharma
mujaku: Seeing your nature [kenshō] is Zen. Unless you see your nature, it's not Zen. — Bodhidharma
Buddhism_Now: Followers of the way. The 'Ch’an Buddhism of Bodhidharma', by Shi Yanzi a monk from Shaolin monastery.
TheBodhisattva4: This fact is grounded in the legend of DAZU HIKUE. “Legend has it that the Great Bodhidharma initially refused to teach Huike. Huike stood in the snow outside Bodhidharma's cave all night, until the snow reached his waist. In the morning Bodhidharma asked him why he was there.”
shibumigido: It would be a mistake to say that Bodhidharma's 9 years of wall gazing meditation in a cave near the Shaolin Temple was "practice." He was just sitting fully immersed in Reality.
Nite_Colors: Bodhidharma had no choice, gazing into a stone wall for nine years
wallstmaster: He was also credited with aiding the monks of Shaolin Monastery—famous for their prowess in the martial arts—in meditation and training. During the Tang dynasty (618–907), he came to be regarded as
Bodhidharma
wallstmaster: Bodhidharma was also considered to be the 28th Indian patriarch in a direct line of transmission from the Buddha.
Most traditional accounts state that Bodhidharma was a South Indian dhyana master, possibly a Brahman, who traveled to China perhaps in the late 5th century.
PaulinaRere: When you don't understand, you rely on reality. When you understand, reality is up to you. Bodhidharma
KenAyu_RG: All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.
-Bodhidharma
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emmavrses: "So Bodhidharma sat his ass in a nearby cave and faced the wall for nine years, listening to the ants scream." "Listening to what?" "The ants scream, Runin. Keep up."
happiomapp: All know the way; few actually walk it. -Bodhidharma
sunfleurbelle: ⤷ bodhidharma. the master who stayed in unmoving meditation for nine years in the cave behind the Shaolin Temple.
nissianthony: “ Not thinking is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting or lying down, everything you do is Zen.”
- Bodhidharma
emmavrses: "So Bodhidharma sat his ass in a nearby cave and faced the wall for nine years, listening to the ants scream." "Listening to what?" "The ants scream, Runin. Keep up."
sunn_thief: 7 books:
- The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma
- Neuromancer
- The Fifth Season (but the whole trilogy)
- Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
- The Road
- Enemies of Society
- Some other book on Buddhism/zen probably
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digitalwiredd: thank you buddha. thank you bodhidharma. thank you alan watts. thank you professor d.t. suzuki
AlanWattsDaily: And Bodhidharma said, ‘Bring out your mind here before me and I’ll pacify it.’ ‘Well,’ the disciple said, ‘when I look for it, I can’t find it.’ So Bodhidharma said ‘There, it’s pacified!’
emmavrses: "So Bodhidharma sat his ass in a nearby cave and faced the wall for nine years, listening to the ants scream." "Listening to what?" "The ants scream, Runin. Keep up."
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AlanWattsDaily: When Bodhidharma, the founder of Zen, came to China, a disciple came to him and said, ‘I have no peace of mind. Please pacify my mind.’
mujaku: Mind or spirit is the wall/壁 that Bodhidharma contemplates/觀.
emmavrses: "So Bodhidharma sat his ass in a nearby cave and faced the wall for nine years, listening to the ants scream." "Listening to what?" "The ants scream, Runin. Keep up."
emmavrses: "So Bodhidharma sat his ass in a nearby cave and faced the wall for nine years, listening to the ants scream." "Listening to what?" "The ants scream, Runin. Keep up."
BaudelioDean: Morning Meditation: Mind doesn’t appear as..
‘Mind doesn't appear as a monk or a layman, an elder or a novice, a sage or a fool, a Buddha or a mortal.’
Bodhidharma
KuonNoumeno: I'm starting to slightly see a zen point of view, it will take time but I like that difused point of view, thanks to you 2 Bodhidharma
GregInGoodCo: “When the mind appears, reality disappears. When the mind disappears, reality appears. Whoever knows that nothing depends on anything has found the Way.”
- Bodhidharma
emmavrses: "So Bodhidharma sat his ass in a nearby cave and faced the wall for nine years, listening to the ants scream." "Listening to what?" "The ants scream, Runin. Keep up."
BuddhismNow: Morning Meditation: Mind doesn't appear as a monk or a layman, an elder or a novice, a sage or a fool, a Buddha or a mortal.
Bodhidharma
Buddhism_Now: Morning Meditation: Mind doesn't appear as a monk or a layman, an elder or a novice, a sage or a fool, a Buddha or a mortal.
Bodhidharma
motivating_you0: To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss. -Bodhidharma
emmavrses: "So Bodhidharma sat his ass in a nearby cave and faced the wall for nine years, listening to the ants scream." "Listening to what?" "The ants scream, Runin. Keep up."
BaudelioDean: Morning Meditation: Don’t use Buddha..
‘Don't use Buddha to worship a Buddha.’
Bodhidharma
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BuddhismNow: Morning Meditation: Don't use Buddha to worship a Buddha.
Bodhidharma
khalcheesy: Love how Bodhidharma positions himself on my lap, ready for scratches behind the ear.
Buddhism_Now: Morning Meditation: Don't use Buddha to worship a Buddha.
Bodhidharma
MotivAppBot: All know the way; few actually walk it.
[Bodhidharma]
