“To find a buddha, you have to see your nature.
Whoever sees his nature is a buddha.”
“Your nature is the Buddha.”
“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.”
“...you have buddha-nature.”
“Seeing your nature is zen. Unless you see your nature, it’s not zen.”
“I only talk about seeing your nature.”“In India, the twenty-seven patriarchs only transmitted
the imprint of the mind. And the only reason I’ve come
to China is to transmit the instantaneous teaching of the Mahayana:
This mind is the buddha.”
An unattributed four line stanza is often quoted as a summary of Bodhidharma’s message:
A special transmission outside the scriptures;
No dependence upon words and letters;
Direct pointing at the soul of man;
Seeing into one’s nature and the attainment of Buddhahood.