The awareness of mortals falls short. As long as they're attached to appearances, they're unaware that their minds are empty. And by… — Bodhidharma Copy Share Image
To see nothing is to perceive the Way, and to understand nothing is to know the Dharma, because seeing is neither seeing… — Bodhidharma Copy Share Image
The Way is basically perfect. It doesn't require perfecting. The Way has no form or sound. It's subtle and hard to perceive.… — Bodhidharma Copy Share Image
If you know that everything comes from the mind, don't become attached. Once attached, you're unaware. But once you see your own… — Bodhidharma Copy Share Image
The essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances. — Bodhidharma Copy Share Image
The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They're not the Way. — Bodhidharma Copy Share Image
When mortals are alive, they worry about death. When they're full, they worry about hunger. Theirs is the Great Uncertainty. But sages… — Bodhidharma Copy Share Image
The true Way is sublime. It can't be expressed in language. Of what use are scriptures? But someone who sees his own… — 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
