‘Buddhas vary, but none leave their own mind. The mind’s capacity is limitless, and its manifestations are inexhaustible.’
Bodhidharma
Bodhidharma
Morning Meditation: Minimal Effort.
‘Those who understand the mind reach enlightenment with minimal effort.’
Bodhidharma
Morning Meditation: Never Increased or Decreased.
‘Mind through endless kalpas without beginning, has never varied. It has never lived or died, appeared or disappeared, increased or decreased.’
Bodhidharma
Morning Meditation: Your Nature is Zen.
Seeing your nature is Zen.
Unless you see your nature, it’s not Zen.
Zen master Bodhidharma
The Power of Patriarchs: Qisong and Lineage in Chinese Buddhism
This book provides a detailed biography with a focus on the influential historical writings he composed to defend Chan claims of a “mind-to-mind transmission” tracing back to the historical Buddha.
Experience your own Awareness: A Conversation on Chan (Zen) Buddhism with Bill Porter
Short film: A Conversation on Chan (Zen) Buddhism with Bill Porter. About 30 minutes
Breakthrough Sermon by Bodhidharma
Those who understand the mind reach enlightenment with minimal effort. Those who don’t understand the mind practise in vain. Everything good and bad comes from your own mind. To find something beyond the mind is impossible…
Words of love, Iida Toin
We have to realize that life cannot be always easy and pleasant. Suppose there is a…
Buddhism now 