The Way is basically perfect. It doesn't require perfecting.
Bodhidharma

Those who remain unmoved by the wind of joy silently follow the Path.
Bodhidharma

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.
Bodhidharma

To find a Buddha all you have to do is see your nature.
Bodhidharma

To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
Bodhidharma

To go from mortal to Buddha, you have to put an end to karma, nurture your awareness, and accept what life brings.
Bodhidharma

To have a body is to suffer.
Bodhidharma

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.
Bodhidharma

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

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

Words are illusions.
Bodhidharma

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

You can't know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.
Bodhidharma

Your mind is nirvana.
Bodhidharma

Your nature is the Buddha.
Bodhidharma