Bodhidharma Quotes
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As mortals, we're ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
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The mind is the root from which all things grow if you can understand the mind, everything else is included.
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Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
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People who don't see their nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are lairs and fools.
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If 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.
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Many roads lead to the path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.
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To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings.
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The Way is basically perfect. It doesn't require perfecting.
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But deluded people don't realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside.
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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.
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As long as you're enthralled by a lifeless form, you're not free.
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If your mind is pure, all buddha-lands are pure.
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Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.
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And the Buddha is the person who's free: free of plans, free of cares.
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Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher's help.
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Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.
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Your mind is nirvana.
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All phenomena are empty.
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As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you'll never see that your own mind is the Buddha.
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According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.
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Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.
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Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.
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The mind is always present. You just don't see it.
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To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature.