Bodhidharma Quotes About Wisdom

Quotes about: Wisdom

• Still others commit all sorts of evil deeds, claiming karma doesn't exist. They erroneously maintain that since everything is empty, committing evil isn't wrong. Such persons fall into a hell of endless darkness with no hope of release. Those who are wise hold no such conception.

  Bodhidharma

  Karma, Wise, Wisdom

  Bodhidharma (2009). “The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma”, p.19, Macmillan

• The Buddha is your real body, your original mind. This mind has no form or characteristics, no cause or effect, no tendons or bones. It's like space. You can't hold it. It's not the mind of materialists or nihilists. If you don't see your own miraculously aware nature, you'll never find a Buddha, even if you break your body into atoms.

  Bodhidharma

  Wisdom, Real, Space

  Bodhidharma (2009). “The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma”, p.43, Macmillan

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

  Bodhidharma

  Wisdom, Practice, Two

  Bodhidharma (2009). “The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma”, p.3, Macmillan

• 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.

  Bodhidharma

  Karma, Wisdom, Memories

• The Way is basically perfect. It doesn't require perfecting. The Way has no form or sound. It's subtle and hard to perceive. It's like when you drink water: you know how hot or cold it is, but you can't tell others.

  Bodhidharma

  Wisdom, Perfect, Water

  Bodhidharma (2009). “The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma”, p.29, Macmillan

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