Bodhidharma
Bodhidharma
Bodhidharma was a Buddhist monk who lived during the 5th or 6th century. He is traditionally credited as the transmitter of Chan Buddhism to China, and regarded as its first Chinese patriarch. According to Chinese legend, he also began the physical training of the monks of Shaolin Monastery that led to the creation of Shaolin Kung Fu. In Japan, he is known as Daruma...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionLeader
CountryIndia
letting-go regret giving-up
To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
world deluded
When we're deluded there's a world to escape. When we're aware, there's nothing to escape.
sacred
Everything sacred, nothing sacred.
meditation fortune dharma
An Awakened person is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.
wall heart advice
Externally keep yourself away from all relationships, and internally have no pantings in your heart; when your mind is like unto a straight-standing wall, you may enter into the Path.
people meditation understanding
But people of the deepest understanding look within, distracted by nothing. Since a clear mind is the Buddha, they attain the understanding of a Buddha without using the mind.
soul ego birth
This one life has no form and is empty by nature. If you become attached by any form, you should reject it. If you see an ego, a soul, a birth, or a death, reject them all.
roots mind grows
The mind is the root from which all things grow. If you can understand the mind, everything else is included.
dharma
To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature.
life mind
Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
people mind realizing
But deluded people don't realize that their own mind is the Buddha. They keep searching outside.
wind joy path
Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
lying reality thinking
Not thinking about anything is zen. Once you know this, walking, standing, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is zen. To know that the mind is empty is to see the buddha.... Using the mind to reality is delusion. Not using the mind to look for reality is awareness. Freeing oneself from words is liberation.
mind impossible good-and-bad
Everything good and bad comes from your own mind. To find something beyond the mind is impossible.