Quote

Worship means reverence and humility it means revering your real self and humbling delusions.

Bodhidharma

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Bodhidharma
Bhikkhu
Biographer
Philosopher
Zen Master
Bharat
Damo
Reverence
Humility
Worship
Means
Self
Real
Delusions
Mean
Humbling
Delusion

More quotes by Bodhidharma

Image
To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.
Bodhidharma
Image
The essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances.
Bodhidharma
Image
All know the way, but few actually walk it.
Bodhidharma
Image
Whoever realizes that the six senses aren't real, that the five aggregates are fictions, that no such things can be located anywhere in the body, understands the language of Buddhas.
Bodhidharma
Image
Life and death are important. Don't suffer them in vain.
Bodhidharma
Image
Once you see your nature, sex is basically immaterial.
Bodhidharma
Image
If you see your nature, you don't need to read sutras or invoke buddhas. Erudition and knowledge are not only useless but also cloud your awareness. Doctrines are only for pointing to the mind. Once you see your mind, why pay attention to doctrines?
Bodhidharma
Image
Whoever knows that the mind is a fiction and devoid of anything real knows that his own mind neither exists nor doesn't exist.
Bodhidharma
Image
And the Buddha is the person who's free: free of plans, free of cares.
Bodhidharma
Image
To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
Bodhidharma
Image
People who don't see their own nature and imagine they can practice thoughtlessness all the time are liars and fools.
Bodhidharma
Image
The mind is always present. You just don't see it.
Bodhidharma
Image
This one life has no form and is empty by nature. If you become attached by any form, you should reject it. If you see an ego, a soul, a birth, or a death, reject them all.
Bodhidharma
Image
Unless you see your nature, all this talk about cause & effect is nonsense. Buddhas don't practice nonsense.
Bodhidharma
Image
To have a body is to suffer.
Bodhidharma
Image
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.
Bodhidharma
Image
According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.
Bodhidharma
Image
Not thinking about anything is zen. Once you know this, walking, standing, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is zen. To know that the mind is empty is to see the buddha.... Using the mind to reality is delusion. Not using the mind to look for reality is awareness. Freeing oneself from words is liberation.
Bodhidharma
Image
Worship means reverence and humility. It means revering your real self and humbling delusions. If you can wipe out evil desires and harbor good thoughts, even if nothing shows, it's worship. Such form is its real form.
Bodhidharma
Image
The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.
Bodhidharma