Words matter. These are the best Bodhidharma Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Freeing oneself from words is liberation.
Whoever knows that the mind is a fiction and devoid of anything real knows that his own mind neither exists nor doesn’t exist.
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.
As mortals, we’re ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way.
Life and death are important. Don’t suffer them in vain.
Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
Your mind is nirvana.
The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.
According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.
Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.
To have a body is to suffer.
Freeing oneself from words is liberation.
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.
A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.
Buddhas don’t practice nonsense.
Your nature is the Buddha.
The mind is always present. You just don’t see it.
To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.
Life and death are important. Don’t suffer them in vain.
But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.
If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won’t see the Buddha.
Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.
People who don’t see their nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are lairs and fools.
People of this world are deluded. They’re always longing for something – always, in a word, seeking.
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.
Many roads lead to the path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.
Many roads lead to the path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.
Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher’s help.
The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.
Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.
As long as you’re enthralled by a lifeless form, you’re not free.
As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you’ll never see that your own mind is the Buddha.
Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.
Whoever realizes that the six senses aren’t real, that the five aggregates are fictions, that no such things can be located anywhere in the body, understands the language of Buddhas.
According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.
To have a body is to suffer.
The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.
To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
The Way is basically perfect. It doesn’t require perfecting.
Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.
And the Buddha is the person who’s free: free of plans, free of cares.
All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.
Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won’t see the Buddha.
Your nature is the Buddha.
The essence of the Way is detachment.
Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature.
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.
To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings.
Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.
Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.
As mortals, we’re ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.
Whoever realizes that the six senses aren’t real, that the five aggregates are fictions, that no such things can be located anywhere in the body, understands the language of Buddhas.
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.
Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.
The essence of the Way is detachment.
All phenomena are empty.
Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
Words are illusions.
Buddha means awareness, the awareness of body and mind that prevents evil from arising in either.
The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.
