Bodhidharma was a semi-legendary Buddhist monk who lived during the 5th or 6th century CE. He is traditionally credited as the transmitter of Chan Buddhism to China, and is regarded as its first Chinese patriarch.

菩提达摩（梵語： बोधिधर्म ，羅馬化： Bodhidharma ， [boːd̪ʱid̪ʱɐɽmɐ] ，382年—536年），又作菩提達磨，簡稱達摩，為南天竺、波斯人，經海路将大乘佛教 禪宗带入中國，為中國禪宗之開創者，被尊稱為達摩祖師、「東土第1代祖師」 [1] ，並與寶誌禪 ...

Nov 3, 2021 · Who was Bodhidharma? It was Bodhidharma who brought Zen to China. Gautama the Buddha taught Dhyan or meditation. Hundreds of years later, Bodhidharma transported Dhyan to China where it became Chan. This Chan went further down to Indonesia, Japan, and other far east Asian countries, where it became Zen.

Bodhidharma (Sanskrit: बोधिधर्म Chinese 菩提達摩, Japanese ダルマ), was a legendary Buddhist monk who lived during the fifth and sixth century C.E. and played a seminal role in the transmission of Zen Buddhism from India to China (where it is known as Chan).

In the sixth century, as per Buddhist tradition and folklore, the monk Bodhidharma is credited with bringing meditation to China. Presently, he is primarily venerated by the CHAN, or ZEN, sects of Buddhism, employing meditation as crucial techniques for attaining ENLIGHTENMENT.

菩提达摩, 達摩, 达摩 are the top translations of "bodhidharma" into Chinese. Sample translated sentence: According to a second legend, one of the Buddha’s disciples, a certain Bodhidharma, believed that true sainthood could be attained only by constant meditation, day and night. ↔ 据第二个传奇说,释迦弟子之一,菩提 ...

The bald head, meditative posture, and monastic clothing identify this figure as Bodhidharma, the Indian monk credited with founding the Chan (or Zen) tradition of East Asian Buddhism.

Bodhidharma was originally the twenty-eighth patriarch of Buddhism in India. He is regarded as the founder of Chan Buddhism in China. Sailing to China on Prajnatara’s Order Bodhidharma was born a prince in today’s South India as the third son of King Pallava.

Bodhidharma is portrayed in Chinese and Japanese art as a bushy-bearded, hoop earring-wearing, dark-skinned foreigner from a far off land, the mysterious West where Buddhism comes from. In Tibet, he is considered a great arhat, a sage …

Bodhidharma was the 28th Patriarch in the Indian lineage (after Buddha) and probably not acknowedged to be the First Patriarch in the Chinese line until the time of the Sixth Patriarch ( Hui Neng) According to D. T. Suzuki 1 , Dharma was the third son of the King of Hsiang-chih (Kasi?) in southern India.