The Way is basically perfect. It doesn't require perfecting. Bodhidharma More Quotes by Bodhidharma More Quotes From Bodhidharma 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. Bodhidharma rewardsblessedpast Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood. Bodhidharma mortalityawarenessmean Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will. Bodhidharma disappearbirthmoving But deluded people don't realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside. Bodhidharma realizingmindpeople In order to see a fish you must watch the water Bodhidharma waterwatchesorder Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit. Bodhidharma deedsevilmen To have a body is to suffer. Bodhidharma bodysuffering According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings. Bodhidharma kind-deedsblessingevil Freeing oneself from words is liberation. Bodhidharma liberationoneself Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us. Bodhidharma holding-onkarma 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-aroundkarmalife 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 crushwishideas The Buddha is your real body, your original mind. Bodhidharma bodyrealmind 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 bodyrealfiction 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 sublimewisepeople 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 taolooksway Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions. Bodhidharma humilityrealmean I never lost or fail, not yet conquered. If I fall seven times, I get up eight Bodhidharma eightfailingfall
