Bodhidharma
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#Bodhidharma
Bodhidharma · c. 5th – early 6th century CE
In the books · 1 chapter
Who this is
Buddhist monk — by tradition the twenty-eighth patriarch of Indian Buddhism and the first patriarch of Chan, the school of meditation that Korea calls Seon and Japan calls Zen.
“Every famous thing about Bodhidharma can be dated, layer by layer, to centuries after his lifetime — and the school he founded, following its own teaching to the end, would tell you that this changes nothing that matters.”
The big idea, in the book's words:
“Enlightenment cannot be purchased, accumulated or read. No temple you fund and no scripture you memorize will do it; it is seen directly, in your own mind, the way you see a wall in front of your face. Sit down and look.”
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