Who is Bodhidharma
Bodhidharma was a semi-legendary Buddhist monk who lived during the 5th or 6th century. He is traditionally credited as the transmitter of Buddhism to China, and regarded as its first Chinese patriarch. According to a debunked 17th century apocryphal story found in a manual called Yijin Jing, he began the physical training of the monks of Shaolin Monastery that led to the creation of Shaolin kungfu. He is known as Dámó in China and as Daruma in Japan. His name means "dharma of awakening (bodhi)" in Sanskrit.Little contemporary biographical information on Bodhidharma is extant, and subsequent accounts became layered with legend and unreliable details.According to the principal Chinese sources, Bodhidharma came from the Western Regions, which typically refers to Central Asia but can also...Read Full Biography of Bodhidharma
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Bodhidharma Quotes
- The ignorant mind, with its infinite afflictions, passions, and evils, is rooted in the three poisons. Greed, anger, and delusion.
- And as long as you're subject to birth and death, you'll never attain enlightenment.
- Life and death are important. Don't suffer them in vain.
- Buddhas move freely through birth and death, appearing and disappearing at will.
- All the suffering and joy we experience depend on conditions.
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Mujaku: with zazen 坐禅, we come to the limits of our six senses and the five aggregates. how do we get beyond these limits which only conceal? it's by direct intuition of bodhidharma's "wall": the luminous mind (prabhāsvaracitta).
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