A view looking up at
    Bodhidharma's stupa.  The
    history of this is not really clear,
    but I have heard somewhere
    that this structure you see was
    built in the 14th century around
    the original stupa.  As the 1st
    Ancestor of Chinese Chan is
    said to have died sometime in
    the 6th century, you are talking
    about maybe 800 years
    difference.  What is inside of this
    pagoda is unknown, at least to
    me.  The deaths of many Zen
    masters seem to be shrouded in
    mystery for some reason.
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