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Bodhidharma

Read through the most famous quotes from Bodhidharma




As mortals, we're ruled by conditions, not by ourselves.


— Bodhidharma


#mortals #ourselves #ruled

Your mind is nirvana.


— Bodhidharma


#nirvana #your

People of this world are deluded. They're always longing for something - always, in a word, seeking.


— Bodhidharma


#deluded #longing #people #seeking #something

Buddhas don't practice nonsense.


— Bodhidharma


#nonsense #practice

Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.


— Bodhidharma


#nature #our

Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.


— Bodhidharma


#delusions #humbling #humility #means #real

As long as you're enthralled by a lifeless form, you're not free.


— Bodhidharma


#free #lifeless #long #you

People who don't see their nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are lairs and fools.


— Bodhidharma


#imagine #nature #people #practice #see

The mind is the Buddha, and the Buddha is the mind.


— Bodhidharma


#mind

All phenomena are empty.


— Bodhidharma


#phenomena






About Bodhidharma

Bodhidharma Quotes




Did you know about Bodhidharma?

Tanlin's original is imprecise about Bodhidharma's travels saying only that he "crossed distant mountains and seas" before arriving in Wei. "

After Bodhidharma left the Emperor asked the official in charge of the Imperial Annals about the encounter. "
The Emperor regretted his having let Bodhidharma leave and was going to dispatch a messenger to go and beg Bodhidharma to return.

He is referred as "The Blue-Eyed Barbarian" (碧眼胡) in Chinese Chan texts. Modern scholarship dates him to about the early 5th century. Two popular traditions exist regarding Bodhidharma's origins.

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