Bodhidharma
Guide Note:
- Bodhidharma is the South Indian Buddhist monk who founded Zen Buddhism. Bodhidharma is considered the first patriarch of Zen Buddhism and the twenty-eighth patriarch of Buddhism.
Fast Facts:
- Bodhidharma is said to have meditated motionless for nine years
- "Bhodidharma" is "Tamo" in Chinese and "Daruma" in Japanese
- Legend says that after his death, he walked backwards to India with a show in his hand
- Bodhidharma founded the meditative practice of wall gazing
- Some credit the creation of Shaolin Kung Fu to Bodhidharma
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- Japanese Buddhist Statuary: Bodhidharma
- University of Virginia: Teachings of Bodhidharma
- Self Discovery Portal: Bodhidharma
- Youtube: Bodhidharma
- Wikipedia: Daruma Dolls
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[edit] Dates are According to Varying Scholarly Accounts
- ~470 Birth
- ~520 Conversation with Emperor Wu
- ~516-526 Bodhidharma Was in a Cave Meditating Outside the Shaolin Monastery
- ~526 Bodhidharma Began Teaching at the Shaolin Monastery
- ~528, 534 or 543 Death
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