bodhidharma Quotes

“The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.”

“Life and death are important. Don't suffer them in vain.”

“A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.”

“If you use your mind to study reality, you won't understand either your mind or reality. If you study reality without using your mind, you'll understand both.”

“A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.”

“All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.”

“But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.”