The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure. Bodhidharma More Quotes by Bodhidharma More Quotes From Bodhidharma As long as you're enthralled by a lifeless form, you're not free. Bodhidharma lifeless form long To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature. Bodhidharma dharma The Way is basically perfect. It doesn't require perfecting. Bodhidharma perfect way 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. Bodhidharma essence mean believe Our true buddha-nature has no shape. And the dust of affliction has no form. Bodhidharma affliction shapes dust Unless you see your nature, all this talk about cause & effect is nonsense. Buddhas don't practice nonsense. Bodhidharma causes nature practice People who don't see their own nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are liars and fools. Bodhidharma practice liars people If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won't see the Buddha. Bodhidharma use mind looks Everything sacred, nothing sacred. Bodhidharma sacred Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path. Bodhidharma path joy wind Worship means reverence and humility. It means revering your real self and humbling delusions. If you can wipe out evil desires and harbor good thoughts, even if nothing shows, it's worship. Such form is its real form. Bodhidharma humility real mean I do not need any writing, since I transmit teaching beyond words and ideas. Bodhidharma teaching writing ideas Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way. Bodhidharma reaching suffering 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. Bodhidharma uprising real mind All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions. Bodhidharma depends suffering joy But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes. Bodhidharma depends mind success And as long as you're subject to birth and death, you'll never attain enlightenment. Bodhidharma enlightenment birth long If your mind is pure, all buddha-lands are pure. Bodhidharma pure land mind The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind. Bodhidharma mind Your mind is nirvana. Bodhidharma nirvana your mind
