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
But people of the deepest understanding look within, distracted by...
But people of the deepest understanding look within, distracted by...
But people of the deepest understanding look within, distracted by...
But people of the deepest understanding look within, distracted by...
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Looking inward is a difficult skill. We all want to focus on the outside world and what’s going on around us, but we also need to look within. We can’t be like those people who are looking for answers without looking within. The answers will not be there, and we will only dig ourselves deeper into the hole we find ourselves in. The answers we seek are inside of us – they already exist – but we have to look within and find them.

Source: The Zen Teaching Of Bodhidharma

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  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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