Bodhidharma

[ boh-di-duhr-muh ]

/ ˈboʊ dɪˈdʌr mə /

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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But the school of Bodhidharma continues the series, reckoning him as the twenty-eighth, and the first of the Chinese Patriarchs.
Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 (of 3)|Charles Eliot
This communication was silently passed on by Kshyapa to his disciple, and so ultimately to Bodhidharma, who brought it to China.
Zen Buddhism|Arthur Waley
It must have been about this time that Bodhidharma left India for he arrived in Canton about 520.
Hinduism And Buddhism, Volume II. (of 3)|Charles Eliot
Zen, said Bodhidharma, cannot be described in words nor chronicled in books; and I have no other experience of Zen.
Zen Buddhism|Arthur Waley

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

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Bodhidharma

/ (ˌbəʊdɪˈdɑːmə, ˌbɒd-) /

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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