The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.... -Bodhidharma

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The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.

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Bodhidharma was an ancient Indian Buddhist monk who is credited with bringing Zen Buddhism from India to China. He is regarded as the founder of the Shaolin school of Buddhism, which emphasizes meditation and physical training. Bodhidharma is known for his teachings on Zen meditation and his emphasis on direct realization of enlightenment. He is a revered figure in Zen Buddhism and his teachings continue to inspire practitioners. Although much of his life remains shrouded in legend, Bodhidharma's contributions to Buddhism and his impact on the development of Zen Buddhism in China have made him an important figure in the history of Buddhism.

Bodhidharma Quotes to Explore

Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature....
Only one person in a million becomes enlightened without a teacher's help....
People who don't see their nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are lairs and fools....
The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure....
Life and death are important. Don't suffer them in vain....
Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions....
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 understa...
The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion....
Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom....
But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes....

Truth Quotes to Explore

Only in the mystery novel are we delivered final and unquestionable solutions. The joke to me is that fiction gives you a truth that reality can't del...
The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure....
The truth is, bad things don't affect us as profoundly as we expect them to. That's true of good things, too. We adapt very quickly to either....
A sincere seeker knows what his goal is: the highest Truth. He will not delay his journey. In spiritual life, we aspire for the highest Truth, for God...
Portray the world for what it is, and you will find truth....
Not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, does the enlightened man dislike to wade into its waters....
When you are living your truth, you will meet people who love you for that truth....
I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world....
If men possessed wisdom, which stands in the same relation to the form of man as the sight to the eye, they would not cause any injury to themselves o...
If anyone offers conjectures about the truth of things from the mere possibility of hypotheses, I do not see by what stipulation anything certain can ...