Quotes from Bodhidharma

If your mind isn't within the three realms, it's beyond them. The three realms correspond to the three poisons: greed corresponds to the realm of desire, anger to the realm of form, and delusion to the formless realm. And because karma created by the poisons can be gentle or heavy, these three realms are further divided into six places known as the six states of existence.

If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it's the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past.

To enter by reason means to realize the essence through instruction and to believe that all living things share the same true nature, which isn't apparent because it's shrouded by sensation and delusion.

The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.

As long as you look for a Buddha somewhere else, you'll never see that your own mind is the Buddha.

Delusion means mortality. And awareness means Buddhahood.

Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.

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

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

Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.

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.

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

Your mind is nirvana.

All know the way few actually walk it.

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.

The Buddha is your real body, your original mind.

And as long as you're subject to birth and death, you'll never attain enlightenment.

Once you stop clinging and let things be, you'll be free, even of birth and death. You'll transform everything.

Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.

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

The essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances.

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