Quotes By Bodhidharma

But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.

Your mind is nirvana.

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.

To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.

A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.

But deluded people don't realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside.

The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.

Buddhas don't practice nonsense.

Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.

Life and death are important. Don't suffer them in vain.

Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher's help.

As long as you're enthralled by a lifeless form, you're not free.

Freeing oneself from words is liberation.

If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it's the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past.

The mind is always present. You just don't see it.

Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.

Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.

Your nature is the Buddha.

The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind.

You can't know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.

Whoever knows that the mind is a fiction and devoid of anything real knows that his own mind neither exists nor doesn't exist.

The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.

The Way is basically perfect. It doesn't require perfecting.

Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.

Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.