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.

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• Bodhidharma:

  But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.

• Bodhidharma:

  Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.

• Bodhidharma:

  People of this world are deluded. They're always longing for something - always, in a word, seeking

• Bodhidharma:

  All phenomena are empty.

• Bodhidharma:

  To have a body is to suffer.

• Bodhidharma:

  The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.

• Bodhidharma:

  Your mind is nirvana.

• Bodhidharma:

  The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind.

• Bodhidharma:

  You can't know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.

• Bodhidharma:

  As long as you're enthralled by a lifeless form, you're not free.