Bodhidharma

“All know the way; few actually walk it.”

“Everything sacred, nothing sacred.”

“But people of the deepest understanding look within, distracted by nothing. Since a clear mind is the Buddha, they attain the understanding of a Buddha without using the mind.”

“Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen.”

“Those who worship don't know, and those who know don't worship.”

“At every moment where language can't go, that's your mind.”

“our nature is the mind. and the mind is our nature.this nature is the same as the mind of all buddhas. buddhas of the past and future only transmit this mind. beyond this mind there’s no buddha anywhere.but deluded people don’t realize that their own mind is the buddha.they keep searching outside.they never stop invoking buddhas or worshipping buddhas and wondering where is the buddha? don’t indulge in such illusions. just know your mind. beyond your mind there’s no other buddha.the sutras say, "everything that has form is an illusion."they also say, "wherever you are, there’s a buddha." your mind is the buddha. don’t use a buddha to worship a buddha.”

“Vast emptiness, nothing holy.”

“According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.”