Trying to find a buddha or enlightenment is like trying to grab space. Bodhidharma More Quotes by Bodhidharma More Quotes From Bodhidharma 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 perfectway 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 essencemeanbelieve Our true buddha-nature has no shape. And the dust of affliction has no form. Bodhidharma afflictionshapesdust Unless you see your nature, all this talk about cause & effect is nonsense. Buddhas don't practice nonsense. Bodhidharma causesnaturepractice People who don't see their own nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are liars and fools. Bodhidharma practiceliarspeople If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won't see the Buddha. Bodhidharma usemindlooks Everything sacred, nothing sacred. Bodhidharma sacred Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path. Bodhidharma pathjoywind 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 humilityrealmean I do not need any writing, since I transmit teaching beyond words and ideas. Bodhidharma teachingwritingideas Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way. Bodhidharma reachingsufferingway 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 uprisingrealmind All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions. Bodhidharma dependssufferingjoy But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes. Bodhidharma dependsmindsuccess And as long as you're subject to birth and death, you'll never attain enlightenment. Bodhidharma enlightenmentbirthlong If your mind is pure, all buddha-lands are pure. Bodhidharma purelandmind The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure. Bodhidharma dharmapure The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind. Bodhidharma mind Your mind is nirvana. Bodhidharma nirvanayourmind
