To go from mortal to Buddha, ...

To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings.
 Bodhidharma

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Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
 Bodhidharma
All know the way; few actually walk it.
 Bodhidharma
The mind's capacity is limitless, and its manifestations are inexhaustible. Seeing forms with your eyes, hearing sounds with your ears, smelling odors with your nose, tasting flavors with your tongue, every movement or state is all your mind.
 Bodhidharma
Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.
 Bodhidharma
But this mind isn't somewhere outside the material body of the four elements. Without this mind we can't move. The body has no awareness. Like a plant or a stone, the body has no nature. So how does it move? It's the mind that moves.
 Bodhidharma