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Treatise on the Two Entrances and the Four Practices

Bodhidharma

A short teaching that sums up the path in two 'entrances': entrance by principle (理入), which consists in deep faith that all beings share one true nature, hidden by the dust of thoughts, and in 'abiding firmly in wall contemplation'; and entrance by practice (行入), unfolded in four practices: accepting suffering as the fruit of past deeds, adapting to circumstances, seeking nothing, and acting in accord with the Dharma. It is the core of what can be attributed to Bodhidharma with any plausibility.