Explore Quotes by Bodhidharma

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

To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings.

And as long as you're subject to birth and death, you'll never attain enlightenment.

As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you'll never see that your own mind is the Buddha.

As mortals, we're ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.

The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.

Words are illusions.

The essence of the Way is detachment.

Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.

Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.

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

To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.

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

Not creating delusions is enlightenment.

Your nature is the Buddha.

Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way.

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

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.

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

If your mind is pure, all buddha-lands are pure.

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