Quotations refer to a record of a person's speech, generally used in formal style, usually to illustrate the sentences and language features that someone said during a period of time. It now refers to new entries generated by celebrities’ words, netizens’ opinions, and social events that can arouse public excitement, be thought-provoking, and have certain dissemination power. The following is what I have compiled. Everyone is welcome to learn from and refer to it. I hope it will be helpful to everyone. The most classic sayings of Patriarch Bodhidharma 1

1. A husband has no words to express his truth, so he must make lies to reveal his truth. The great road has no form, it only appears in order to catch the deer.

2. Even if you have seen, heard, and been aware, you still have no mind. You can know that there is no mind.

3. Although I have no mind, I can see, hear, feel and know.

4. Just seeing, hearing and being aware means having no intention.

5. If you see it all day long, it means you have no sight, and you have no intention to see it. I hear it all day long, because I don’t hear it, and I have no intention to hear it. I feel awake all day long, because I have no awareness, and I have no intention to wake up. Knowing is always knowing, because it is ignorance and knowing without intention. All day long, there is nothing to do, no intention to do anything.

6. If you search for your mind in these three places, you will never get it. Even if you search for it everywhere, you won’t get it. You should know that you have no intention.

7. All living beings are delusional, and they create all kinds of karma in their minds without thinking.

8. In the unintentional mind, false attachments and intentions create all kinds of karma, but in fact, all are reincarnated in the six realms.

9. If such sentient beings encounter a great virtuous teacher and are taught to sit in meditation and awaken to the mindlessness, all karma and obstacles will be eliminated, and life and death will be ended.

10. Concentration means no intention, just for all living beings. If you have a wrong intention, you will have all the troubles of life and death, and Bodhi Nirvana.

11. If you feel no mind, you will be free from all worries, life and death, and reach Nirvana. This is why the Tathagata says that there is life and death for those who have the will. Bodhi is the name for troubles, and Nirvana is the name for life and death. These are all remedies.

12. You should know that if you have a mind, everything is, and if you don’t have a mind, everything is nothing.

13. Even if you no longer have any intention, you will naturally come up with various wonderful methods to educate all living beings.

14. Although there is no mind anymore, the good person can realize the true nature of all dharmas, possess true prajna, and can use the three bodies freely.

15. Even if I no longer have any intention, I can naturally make various manifestations. But if I have no intention, it will be the same again.

16. But to be aware of all things without intention is to practice, let alone practice. Therefore, we know that mindlessness is everything, and cessation is mindlessness.

17. When you realize that there is nothing outside of your heart, and there is no heart outside of things, you can move and act with ease, cut off all doubts, and have no worries, you can immediately start to perform rituals without any intention.

18. If there is no intention to obtain it, even trouble Bodhi cannot be obtained, and even life and death Nirvana cannot be obtained.

19. The person who has no intention is the sincerity, and the person who has the sincerity means no intention.

20. There is no small dharma that can be obtained. Buddhas and Tathagatas can only obtain it by not being able to obtain it.

The mind is silent, colorless and formless;

It is invisible when seen, and silent when heard;

It seems dark but not dark, like light but not clear. Patriarch Bodhidharma's most classic quotes 2

1. The king gave the mage a pearl to repay his life-saving grace. The mage asked: May I ask the three princes, is there anything in the world that is more precious than this pearl?

The Great Prince: This pearl can illuminate everything in the world. There is no other treasure in the world that can compare with it. Only the virtue of a mage is worthy of possessing this thing!

Second Prince: Brother Wang said everything I wanted to say.

Third Prince: The light of the orb only shines on others and cannot shine on itself. I think the most precious thing in the world is the light of wisdom.

Second Prince: What is Zhiguang?

Third Prince: Wisdom light is the light of wisdom, which can not only illuminate people's hearts, but also distinguish right from wrong.

Master: Among all things, what is without form?

Third Prince: Among all things, there is no formlessness.

Master: Among all things, which is the highest?

Third Prince: Among all things, I am the highest!

Mage; What is the biggest?

The Third Prince: Dharma is the greatest!

2. Junior brother: Senior brother, isn’t that a monk from India?

Senior Brother: Humph! I tell you, a clean lotus will grow out of the mud. You can only take the purity of the wonderful lotus, but never the turbidity of the mud.

Junior brother: I didn’t expect that my senior brother would be able to understand the truth casually. A lotus flower born in the mud can also be taken. It is wonderful to abandon its flocculation and take its essence! Wonderful!

Patriarch Bodhidharma: Don’t change according to circumstances, don’t change according to circumstances! Mud can grow lotuses, and it is also good soil.

Junior Brother: What? Does sludge also have merit?

Eldest Brother: According to what the master said, everything is inconclusive! Even bad things have their merits.

Bodhidharma: It’s neither good nor bad, it varies from person to person.

The junior brother screamed at the side and understood, when the senior brother made a fist to hit him

Grandmaster Bodhidharma: Are you clenching your hands into a fist now, or are you clenching your fist into a hand? ?

Junior Brother: This is equivalent to which comes first, the chicken or the egg!

The brothers and sisters discussed together whether the chicken or the egg came first...

Patriarch Bodhidharma: There is no order, both are right, it depends on nature.

Another senior brother: Ah! I see. As the master said, don’t be attached to everything that comes along with the circumstances. Ordinary people will change along with the circumstances, while those who have attained the Tao will remain unchanged along with the circumstances.

Senior Brother: After all, it’s ambiguous, I don’t understand.

Patriarch Bodhidharma: You'd better find someone who can make you understand first

Senior Brother: After talking for a long time, I think that person is you.

Master Bodhidharma: It’s not me, it’s you!

Senior Brother: Master, you are considered an enlightened person, so let me ask you where will you go after death?

Bodhidharma: I don’t know.

The senior brother sneered and said: There are things you don’t know too!

Master Bodhidharma: Because I am not dead yet.

3. Senior Brother: You can’t talk in the quiet room!

Junior brothers: Yes, senior brother.

Suddenly a gust of wind blew out the oil lamp...

A junior brother shouted: Ah! The oil lamp went out.

Another junior brother then said: Why are you talking?

The senior brother hurriedly shouted: We can’t talk.

Another junior brother said proudly: I was the only one who didn't speak.

At this time, Patriarch Bodhidharma was grinding tiles on the table.

The younger brother asked: What is the master doing?

Junior Brother: We are meditating to become Buddhas!

Master Bodhidharma: I grind tiles into mirrors.

Senior Brother: How can grinding tiles turn into a mirror?

Patriarch Bodhidharma: Since a tile cannot be ground into a mirror, how can one become a Buddha by sitting in meditation?

Another junior brother asked: How can one become a Buddha?

Patriarch Bodhidharma: You must know that Buddha does not have a certain form, and Zen is not sitting or lying down. You only know how to meditate but do not know why you meditate. In this way, you will never see the great road.

The junior brother asked again: What can we do to see the great road?

Patriarch Bodhidharma: Cultivate from the fundamentals!

Junior Brother: What is the foundation?

Master Bodhidharma: The heart is the foundation! Sin arises from the heart and is destroyed from the heart. All good and evil arise from the heart. If you can't even understand this truth and only work on the surface, it will be a waste of time.

4. Liang: The wind blows and the bells move!

Patriarch Bodhidharma: I think it’s the emperor’s heart that is moving.

Liang: What the master said is very reasonable. It is not in vain for me to meet you.

Patriarch Bodhidharma: The poor monk is far away and has long heard that the monarch of the Liang Dynasty was called the Bodhisattva Emperor. I came by sea to spread Buddhism widely.

Liang: It’s a good time for you to come. Since I ascended the throne, I have built Buddhist temples, built Buddha statues, copied scriptures, and made offerings to countless monks. May I ask, Master, what merits do I have?

Bodhidharma: No merit and no virtue. It's like a shadow that follows you everywhere. It is said that there is, but in fact it is not.

Liang: So what kind of things can be considered meritorious?

Patriarch Bodhidharma: Only those who have attained the Tao are pure and perfect. But this kind of merit cannot be found in the world.

Liang: Master, is there a Buddha in this world?

Bodhidharma: No.

Liang: As a monk, do you know who you are?

Bodhidharma: I don’t know.

Liang: It’s true that you don’t speculate, just come and see off the guests.

6. Patriarch Bodhidharma: You knelt in the snow for three days and three nights. What do you want?

Huike: Please give me peace of mind, Master.

Master Bodhidharma: Are you feeling uneasy?

Huike: Although I strive to seek the Tao, there are always times when I feel uneasy.

Patriarch Bodhidharma: Then bring your heart and I will make it safe for you.

Huike: Why can’t I find that restless heart?

Master Bodhidharma: I have put your heart at ease.

Huike: Please accept me as your disciple, Master.

Patriarch Bodhidharma: When you seek Dharma from me, why don’t you enlighten yourself first?

Huike:? !

Patriarch Bodhidharma: If you know the cause of the previous life, what you will receive in this life is right; if you know the result of the next life, what you will do in this life is right.

At this moment, Hui Ke cut off one of his arms...

Patriarch Bodhidharma: You are determined to cut off your arm to seek the Dharma, so why not! Now I give you the Dharma name Huike.

7. Patriarch Bodhidharma: Brothers, you are weak. Before I leave, I will teach you some methods of tempering your muscles and bones to strengthen your body. Martial arts and writing are the same. , has both dynamic and static aspects. In fact, our daily life performance, such as eating and sleeping, is also inseparable from this range. If you want to understand the meaning of Zen, all you need to do is observe it carefully. Every move of your hands and feet will contain the meaning of Zen.

8. Patriarch Bodhidharma: I am about to return to Tianzhu (India) in the west. Please tell me what you have learned.

Apprentice 1: Words are elucidating the true meaning of Buddhism. You must not be attached to words, but you must not abandon them either, in order to gain enlightenment and benefit from them.

Master Bodhidharma: You only get my skin.

Apprentice 2: As far as I know, it seems that Qingxi saw the Asher Buddha Kingdom. After seeing it, he realized the truth, suddenly became cheerful, and no longer needed to see him again.

Patriarch Bodhidharma: You have experienced more than Tao Fu, but you can only get my flesh.

Apprentice 3: Earth, water, fire and wind are all empty. Seeing, hearing, hearing, smelling, smelling, tasting, and body sensations are not real, but nothing I see exists!

Master Bodhidharma: You just got my bones. Huike, what about you?

Huike kowtowed three times in front of Patriarch Bodhidharma but said nothing.

Patriarch Bodhidharma: That’s it, you finally got my marrow.

Apprentice 2: Those who know do not speak, and those who speak do not know.

Patriarch Bodhidharma: I now pass on my mantle to you as a token of the Dharma. You are the second ancestor of Zen Buddhism. Two hundred years after my death, the mantle will be passed down to the Sixth Patriarch, and there will be no need to pass it on again. Because at that time, Zen Buddhism had spread all over the world. However, there are many people who know but few who practice the Way; there are many people who reason but few who understand the truth.

Therefore, you should not despise people who are stubborn. Anyone will abandon evil and do good in a moment of thought! These four volumes of the Lankavatara Sutra are the highest teachings of the Buddha. They can be used to enlighten the world. Now they are handed over to you. Listen: I am from this land. I preach the Dharma to save people from delusions. One flower blooms and five leaves bloom, and the results come naturally.