Bodhidharma Quotes


The Buddha is your real body, your original mind. Bodhidharma Body 97
To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings. Bodhidharma Accept 96
Words are illusions. Bodhidharma Illusions 94
Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us. Bodhidharma Hold 94
Many roads lead to the path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice. Bodhidharma Basically 93
To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature. Bodhidharma Nature 82
Not creating delusions is enlightenment. Bodhidharma Creating 81
The essence of the Way is detachment. Bodhidharma Detachment 80
All phenomena are empty. Bodhidharma Empty 77
According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings. Bodhidharma According 75
To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity. Bodhidharma Charity 73
To have a body is to suffer. Bodhidharma Body 73
Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial. Bodhidharma Basically 72
But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes. Bodhidharma Success 70
If your mind is pure, all buddha-lands are pure. Bodhidharma Mind 70
The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion. Bodhidharma Anger 70
Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either. Bodhidharma Arising 67
To see nothing is to perceive the Way, and to understand nothing is to know the Dharma, because seeing is neither seeing nor not seeing and because understanding is neither understanding nor not understanding. Bodhidharma Dharma 65
Your nature is the Buddha. Bodhidharma Nature 62
Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom. Bodhidharma Wisdom 61
All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions. Bodhidharma Experience 61
Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood. Bodhidharma Awareness 60
Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way. Bodhidharma Another 59
Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature. Bodhidharma Nature 58
A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad. Bodhidharma Bad 58
And as long as you're subject to birth and death, you'll never attain enlightenment. Bodhidharma Death 55
The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure. Bodhidharma Dharma 53
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 Meditation 49
People who don't see their nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are lairs and fools. Bodhidharma Nature 46
Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this walking sitting or lying down everything you do is Zen. Bodhidharma Enlightenment 42
The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind. Bodhidharma Buddha 42
Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit. Bodhidharma Bear 40
Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions. Bodhidharma Religion 39
Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path. Bodhidharma Follow 37
The mind is the root from which all things grow if you can understand the mind, everything else is included. Bodhidharma All 35
To enter by reason means to realize the essence through instruction and to believe that all living things share the same true nature, which isn't apparent because it's shrouded by sensation and delusion. Bodhidharma Nature 35
Freeing oneself from words is liberation. Bodhidharma Freeing 34
Your mind is nirvana. Bodhidharma Mind 33
Life and death are important. Don't suffer them in vain. Bodhidharma Death 30
Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals. Bodhidharma Buddhas 28
Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will. Bodhidharma Death 21

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