One who maintains a state of "no-mind" in all circumstances is practicing Bodhi, liberation, Nirvana, tranquility, Samadhi, and the Six Paramitas, thereby perceiving their true nature. This collection of classic Buddhist life philosophies has been carefully curated for your reading.
Buddhist Wisdom
1. All conditioned phenomena are like dreams, illusions, bubbles, shadows, dew, or lightning; one should perceive them in this way.
2. How should one dwell? How should one subdue the mind?
3. Seeing no faults in others or myself, one naturally shows respect to superiors and humility to inferiors; the Dharma is always present, and afflictions are dissolved moment by moment.
4. If you do not create trouble for yourself, others can never give you trouble. It is because you cannot let go within your own heart.
5. One who is without mind in all places is practicing Bodhi, liberation, Nirvana, tranquility, Samadhi, and the Six Paramitas, thereby perceiving their true nature.
6. One should guard oneself with goodness and not be negligent; observe even the slightest movement of thought in an instant, and use right wisdom to stabilize it.
7. Silence is the best response to slander.
8. Rather than rejecting the facts that have already occurred, it is better to accept them.
9. The past mind cannot be grasped, the present mind cannot be grasped, and the future mind cannot be grasped.
10. A person who does not bathe will not become fragrant by merely applying perfume. Fame and nobility come from true talent and knowledge. Virtue brings natural fragrance.
11. A Bodhisattva should be free from all marks and give rise to the mind of Anuttara Samyak Sambodhi.
12. Seeing no impure laws to loathe, no pure laws to seek, no sentient beings to save, no platform to certify, not making the mind to save sentient beings, nor the mind not to save sentient beings, is called the Supreme Path.
13. When faith reaches the heart and realization perceives the true nature in daily life without any leakage, all worldly laws are the Buddha-dharma, and all Buddha-dharma is the worldly law, equal and one.
14. Most people spend their lives doing only three things: deceiving themselves, deceiving others, and being deceived by others.
15. All phenomena arise from causes and conditions; all such laws are inherently empty.
16. The Dharma attained by the Tathagata is neither real nor unreal.
17. If one seeks me by form or seeks me by sound, this person walks a deviant path and cannot see the Tathagata.
18. If you truly love someone, you must tolerate some of their flaws.
19. Do not constantly be dissatisfied with others; instead, you should constantly examine yourself. Dissatisfaction with others only causes suffering to yourself.
20. All appearances of the body, the world, and the senses are like illusory flowers and the moon in water; obsessing over them only increases suffering.
21. One should diligently repent for all sins from beginningless time. If all obstacles are eliminated, the Buddha-realm will manifest.
22. If the world truly exists, it is a single unified whole.
23. This Dharma is equal, with no high or low.
24. Manage yourself well; do not try to manage others.
25. Do not let the doubts of others bring you trouble, and do not let the ignorance of others cause you pain.
26. You can possess love, but do not become attached, for separation is inevitable.
27. When you are troubled, tell yourself: "This is all an illusion; what are you so troubled about?"
28. Do not keep your eyes so wide open; let me ask you, a hundred years from now, what will truly be yours?
29. Conscience is the most impartial judge for everyone; you may deceive others, but you can never deceive your own conscience.
30. Those who can empathize with others are never lonely.
31. Because sentient beings do not reach the one true realm of Dharma and only recognize the appearances of all laws, they suffer from the illness of discrimination and attachment.
32. All things are without mind and without attachment; both worldly and transcendental laws are the same.
33. There is no fixed law; the Tathagata can speak of it.
34. If you insist on treating simple things as extremely serious, you will suffer greatly.
35. Those who use means of harming others to cover their own shortcomings are shameful.
