Bodhidharma

[ boh-di-duhr-muh ]

noun

1. died a.d. c530, Indian Buddhist philosopher and missionary: founder of Ch'an in China, which was later called Zen in Japan.

Bodhidharma

/ ˌbəʊdɪˈdɑːmə; ˌbɒd- /

noun

1. Bodhidharma6th century6th centuryMIndianRELIGION: monkRELIGION: founder of Zen Buddhism 6th century ad , Indian Buddhist monk, who taught in China (from 520): considered to be the founder of Zen Buddhism

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His name was Bodhidharma and he appears to have been the younger son of an Indian Prince.

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It must have been about this time that Bodhidharma left India for he arrived in Canton about 520.

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The transition from the spirituality of Bodhidharma to the grossness of his follower is, however, typical of religious history.

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The terms thought, Buddha, etc., used by Bodhidharma correspond exactly to the brahman of the Upanishads.

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But Bodhidharma had done with Emperors, and settled in a small country temple, where he lived till his death nine years later.

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