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Bodhidharma

Read through the most famous quotes from Bodhidharma




If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won't see the Buddha.


— Bodhidharma


#look #mind #see #use #won

Many roads lead to the path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.


— Bodhidharma


#lead #many #only #path #practice

Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.


— Bodhidharma


#liberate #mortals

Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.


— Bodhidharma


#deed #evil #foresee #fruit #gods

Not creating delusions is enlightenment.


— Bodhidharma


#delusions #enlightenment

Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way.


— Bodhidharma


#existence #reaching #suffering #way

The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.


— Bodhidharma


#buddha #mind #original #real #your

The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.


— Bodhidharma


#natures #pure #truth

The mind is the root from which all things grow if you can understand the mind, everything else is included.


— Bodhidharma


#else #everything #grow #included #mind

To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.


— Bodhidharma


#give #greatest #regret #up #without






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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