Tao Te Ching
Āryadeva འཕགས་པ་ལྷ།
(Kannadeva)
3rd C. CE
Born a king, Aryadeva became teacher to 1000 monks, a Mahasiddha, abbot of Nalanda University, disciple/teacher of Nagarjuna, 15th patriarch of Chan Buddhism, medicine doctor monk, and cofounder of the Mahayana school. One of “the six great commentators on the Buddha's teachings,” he wrote many important texts, exemplified in his path the progressive loss of a belief in a separate self, and remains a shining example of direct and complete realization.
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Four Hundred Verses on the Yogic Deeds of Bodhisattvas
Quotes by Āryadeva (4 quotes)
“Learn the true nature of your own mind. Then let go and dissolve into unstrsuctusred reality. This tensionless state is the yogin’s life.”
from Four Hundred Verses on the Yogic Deeds of Bodhisattvas
Chapters:
51. Mysterious Goodness
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“All Buddhas past, present and future have one essence. Understand this essence and you will discover your mind’s true nature.”
from Four Hundred Verses on the Yogic Deeds of Bodhisattvas
Chapters:
39. Oneness
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“Merely to entertain doubts about saṃsāra will make it fall apart.”
from Four Hundred Verses on the Yogic Deeds of Bodhisattvas
Chapters:
65. Simplicity: the Hidden Power of Goodness
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“Whoever sees the nature of one thing sees the nature of everything because the emptiness of one thing is the emptiness of everything.”
from Four Hundred Verses on the Yogic Deeds of Bodhisattvas
Chapters:
2. The Wordless Teachings
4. The Father of All Things
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