Bodhidharma in a sentence

Ferguson, pp 16-17 Bodhidharma passed on the symbolic robe and bowl of dharma succession to Dazu Huike and, some texts claim, a copy of the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra.sfn Bodhidharma then either returned to India or died.

He writes that Bodhidharma makes landfall in the time of the Song, thus making his arrival no later than the time of the Song's fall to the Southern Qi in 479.sfn Finally, Dàoxuān provides information concerning Bodhidharma's death.

Scholars generally accept the historicity of Da Mo (Bodhidharma) who arrived in China around 480. Da Mo (Bodhidharma) and his disciples are said to have lived a spot about a mile from the Shaolin Temple that is now a small nunnery.

At Shaolin Monastery, the monks informed them that Bodhidharma was dead and had been buried in a hill behind the temple.

Based on this, Bodhidharma was claimed to be the ancestor of Shaolin martial arts.

Biography as a hagiographic process According to John McRae, Bodhidharma has been the subject of a hagiographic process which served the needs of Chan Buddhism.

Bodhidharma predicted the death of Songyun's ruler, a prediction which was borne out upon the latter's return.

Bodhidharma was primarily active in the territory of the Northern Wei (386–534).

Daoxuan states, "The merits of Mahāyāna wall-gazing are the highest".sfn These are the first mentions in the historical record of what may be a type of meditation being ascribed to Bodhidharma.

Exactly what sort of practice Bodhidharma's "wall-gazing" was remains uncertain.

Faure notes that: Bodhidharma’s name appears sometimes truncated as Bodhi, or more often as Dharma (Ta-mo).

Ferguson, Andy, Tracking Bodhidharma: A Journey to the Heart of Chinese Culture, pg. 267 In the 6th century, around 547, The Record of the Buddhist Monasteries says Da Mo visited the area near Mount Song.

He is referred as "The Blue-Eyed Barbarian" (Zh) in Chan texts.sfn Aside from the Chinese accounts, several popular traditions also exist regarding Bodhidharma's origins.

If you rely on it to practice, you will be able to cross over the world."sfn Another early text, the " Record of the Masters and Disciples of the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra " (Zh) of Jìngjué (淨覺; 683–750), also mentions Bodhidharma in relation to this text.

In the Long Scroll of the Treatise on the Two Entrances and Four Practices and the Continued Biographies of Eminent Monks, Daoyu and Dazu Huike are the only explicitly identified disciples of Bodhidharma.

Nine years of wall-gazing Dazu Huike offering his arm to Bodhidharma.

Shahar, The Shaolin Monastery, p. 190 Traditionally Bodhidharma is credited as founder of the martial arts at the Shaolin Temple.

Tanlin's original is imprecise about Bodhidharma's travels, saying only that he "crossed distant mountains and seas" before arriving in Wei.

The emperor said Bodhidharma was already dead and buried and had Sòngyún arrested for lying.

The missionary Bodhidharma is traditionally said to have visited Panyu during the Liu Song or Liang dynasties (5th or 6th century).