Bodhidharma

[boh-di-duhr-muh]

noun

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

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His name was Bodhidharma and he appears to have been the younger son of an Indian Prince.
Zen Buddhism
Arthur Waley
Bodhidharma said that he preached the seal of the heart (hsinyin).
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 (of 3)
Charles Eliot
The T'ien-t'ai school has some originality, and native and foreign ideas were combined by the followers of Bodhidharma.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 (of 3)
Charles Eliot
Though founded by Bodhidharma it did not win the sympathy and esteem of the cultivated classes until the Sung period.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 (of 3)
Charles Eliot
Bodhidharma indicated that he did not think this test of endurance remarkable.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 (of 3)
Charles Eliot

British Dictionary definitions for bodhidharma

Bodhidharma

noun

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

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