Bodhidharma [480 - 520]: Ordinary sentient beings have the deep-rooted delusion of an intrinsic self, which develops into the ego and subsequently gives rise to greed, anger, ignorance, pride, and a host of false views.

Ordinary sentient beings have the deep-rooted delusion of an intrinsic self, which develops into the ego and subsequently gives rise to greed, anger, ignorance, pride, and a host of false views; they then lead to the suffering of sentient beings. Being delusions, these false views and vexations have no real substance. Therefore, all dharmas are
intrinsically "free from all impurities." To act with this understanding of no-self is to act in accordance with the Dharma.

The First Ch'an patriarch Bodhidharma [480 - 520]

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