I have included an extract from Bodhidharma’s work here, as it is less widely known.
Bodhidharma
Morning meditation — If you attain anything at all.
‘Followers of the way: If you attain anything at all, it’s conditional, it’s karmic. It turns the Wheel birth And death.’
Bodhidharma
Morning meditation — The sutras say.
‘The sutras say, ‘‘People should realise that the buddha-nature is something they have always had’’.’
Bodhidharma
Morning meditation — Buddha isn’t one sided.
‘Buddha isn’t one sided. The nature of mind is basically empty, neither pure nor impure. Free of both practise and realisation.’
Bodhidharma
Morning meditation — Buddhas don’t practise nonsense.
‘Unless you see your nature, all this talk about cause and effect is nonsense. Buddhas don’t practise nonsense.’
Bodhidharma
Morning meditation — Nature of mind is basically empty.
‘Nature of mind is basically empty, neither pure nor impure Free of both practise and realisation.’
Bodhidharma
Morning meditation — Even if you explain 1000s of sutras.
‘Even if you explain 1000s of sutras and shastras, unless you see your nature, yours is the teaching of a mortal, not a Buddha.’
Bodhidharma
Morning meditation — Whoever sees their nature is Buddha.
‘Whoever sees their nature is Buddha; whoever doesn’t is mortal. But if you can find buddha-nature apart from your mortal nature—where?’
Bodhidharma
Buddhism now 