Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals. Bodhidharma More Quotes by Bodhidharma More Quotes From Bodhidharma Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood. Bodhidharma mortality awareness mean Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will. Bodhidharma disappear birth moving But deluded people don't realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside. Bodhidharma realizing mind people In order to see a fish you must watch the water Bodhidharma water watches order Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit. Bodhidharma deeds evil men To have a body is to suffer. Bodhidharma body suffering According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings. Bodhidharma kind-deeds blessing evil Freeing oneself from words is liberation. Bodhidharma liberation oneself Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us. Bodhidharma holding-on karma To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings. Bodhidharma goes-around-comes-around karma life All Buddhas preach emptiness. Why? Because they wish to crush the concrete ideas of the students. If a student even clings to an idea of emptiness, he betrays all Buddhas. Bodhidharma crush wish ideas The Buddha is your real body, your original mind. Bodhidharma body real mind 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. Bodhidharma body real fiction People of this world are deluded. They're always longing for something, always, in a word, seeking. But the wise wake up. They choose reason over custom. They fix their minds on the sublime and let their bodies change with the seasons. Bodhidharma sublime wise people Without the mind there is no Buddha. Without the Buddha there's no mind. Bodhidharma mind The mind is always present. You just don't see it. Bodhidharma mind Someone who seeks the Way doesn't look beyond himself. Bodhidharma tao looks way Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions. Bodhidharma humility real mean I never lost or fail, not yet conquered. If I fall seven times, I get up eight Bodhidharma eight failing fall As long as you're enthralled by a lifeless form, you're not free. Bodhidharma lifeless form long
