Chinese: Puti Damo
Bodhidharma
Japanese: Bodai Daruma
| born: c. 450 --Kanchi, Pallavi, India died: c. 530--Henan Province, China places: India and China |
| Dhyan master: Prajnatara (India) Chan disciples: Huike (China), Ni Zongchi, Sengfu, Daoyu, ... |
Considered by tradition to have brought Zen from
India to China, Bodhidharma was the 28th Zen
master after Gautam Buddha, and the 1st Zen
Patriarch of China.
--see page on Kongxiang Zen Temple for more on
this semi-legendary unusual man, including
photos of his stupa in China.
India to China, Bodhidharma was the 28th Zen
master after Gautam Buddha, and the 1st Zen
Patriarch of China.
--see page on Kongxiang Zen Temple for more on
this semi-legendary unusual man, including
photos of his stupa in China.
| Bodhidharma said: "If you envision a buddha, a dharma or a bodhisattva and conceive respect for them, you relegate yourself to the realm of mortals. If you seek direct understanding, don’t hold onto any appearance whatsoever, and you’ll succeed. I have no other advice." |
| stories: Blue Cliff Record, Case 1 Osho: The White Lotus (entire book based on a Dunhuang manuscript reputed to be of Bodhidharma's) Bodhidharma: The Greatest Zen Master (entire book based on a Dunhuang manuscript, English translation by Red Pine/Bill Porter). Live Zen, ch. 1 Zen: The Diamond Thunderbolt, ch. 1 Ma Tzu: The Empty Mirror, ch. 8 No Mind: The Flowers of Eternity, ch. 2, ch. 11 One Seed Makes the Whole Earth Green, ch. 3 The Zen Manifesto: Freedom from Oneself, ch. 7, ch. 10 |
Chinese simplified
| oshobob The Living Workshop |
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| I am ecstatic because just the name of Bodhidharma is psychedelic to me. In the long evolution of human consciousness there has never been such an outlandish buddha as Bodhidharma – very rare, very unique, exotic. Only in some small ways George Gurdjieff comes close to him, but not very close, and only in some ways, not in all ways... --Osho The White Lotus, ch. 1 |
