A Buddha doesn’t observe precepts. A Buddha doesn’t do good or evil. A Buddha isn’t energetic or lazy. A Buddha is someone who does nothing, someone who can’t even focus his mind on a Buddha. A Buddha isn’t a Buddha. Don’t think about Buddhas. Bodhidharma
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The concept of a Buddha is one that has been written about, virtually unchanged, for over 2,500 years. The Buddha was the most famous person in the world at the time he lived. He was universally loved and revered by everyone, but no one could define him. He was not a king, a god, or a prophet.

But he still lived in complete harmony with everything around him. This is what it means to be a Buddha. We are all similar in our search for true happiness.

A true Buddha lives within us all. We just have to find that inner peace that can only be found with selflessness and love.

Source: The Zen Teaching Of Bodhidharma

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  1. 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.
  2. Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen.
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  4. Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.
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