If you use your mind to study reality, you won't understand either your mind or reality. If you study reality without using your mind, you'll understand both.
More Quotes by Bodhidharma
Our nature is the mind. And the mind is our nature.
Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.
Not creating delusions is enlightenment.
According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.
Regardless of what we do, our karma has no hold on us.