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
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CountryIndia
dharma pure
The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.
understanding way dharma
To see nothing is to perceive the Way, and to understand nothing is to know the Dharma, because seeing is neither seeing nor not seeing, and because understanding is neither understanding nor not understanding.
dharma
To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature.
meditation fortune dharma
An Awakened person is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.
space enlightenment trying
Trying to find a buddha or enlightenment is like trying to grab space.
perfect way
The Way is basically perfect. It doesn't require perfecting.
karma wisdom memories
To find Buddha, you have to see your nature. Whoever sees his nature is a Buddha. If you don't see your nature, invoking buddhas, reciting sutras, making offerings, and keeping precepts are all useless. Invoking buddhas results in good karma, reciting sutras results in a good memory, keeping precepts results in good rebirth, and making offerings results in future blessings-but no Buddha.
nature practice causes
Unless you see your nature, all this talk about cause & effect is nonsense. Buddhas don't practice nonsense.
land mind pure
If your mind is pure, all buddha-lands are pure.
mind
The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind.
mortals
Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.
mind looks use
If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won't see the Buddha.
conditions mortals
As mortals, we're ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.
dust affliction shapes
Our true buddha-nature has no shape. And the dust of affliction has no form.