When mortals are alive, they worry about death. When they're full, they worry about hunger. Theirs is the Great Uncertainty. But sages don't consider the past. And they don't worry about the future. Nor do they cling to the present.… — Bodhidharma Copy Share Image
. . . the fools of this world prefer to look for sages far away. They don't believe that the wisdom of their own mind is the sage . . . the sutras say, "Mind is the teaching." But people… — Bodhidharma Copy Share Image
Unless you see your nature, all this talk about cause & effect is nonsense. Buddhas don't practice nonsense. — Bodhidharma Copy Share Image
If you see your nature, you don't need to read sutras or invoke buddhas. Erudition and knowledge are not only useless but also cloud… — Bodhidharma Copy Share Image
People who don't see their own nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are liars and fools. — Bodhidharma Copy Share Image
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… — Bodhidharma Copy Share Image
If you use your mind to study reality, you won't understand either your mind or reality. If you study reality without using your mind,… — Bodhidharma Copy Share Image
Many roads lead to the Path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice. — Bodhidharma Copy Share Image
All Buddhas preach emptiness. Why? Because they wish to crush the concrete ideas of the students. If a student even clings to an idea… — Bodhidharma Copy Share Image
Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen. — Bodhidharma Copy Share Image
When you don't understand, you depend on reality. When you do understand, reality depends on you. — Bodhidharma Copy Share Image
