Bodhidharma's Quotes
Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
BodhidharmaBut while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.
BodhidharmaA Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.
BodhidharmaWorship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.
BodhidharmaLife and death are important. Don't suffer them in vain.
BodhidharmaNot engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
BodhidharmaOnly one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher's help.
BodhidharmaTo 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.
BodhidharmaThe Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.
BodhidharmaIf you use your mind to study reality, you won't understand either your mind or reality. If you study reality without using your mind, you'll understand both.
BodhidharmaThe ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.
BodhidharmaPeople who don't see their nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are lairs and fools.
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