Bodhidharma

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Buddhist monk Chan patriarch Zen patriarch historical figure semi-legendary figure

Bodhidharma is a semi-legendary Indian monk traditionally credited with bringing Zen (Chan) Buddhism to China and emphasizing direct meditation over scriptural study.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Bodhidharma canonical 11
Bodhidharma (Daruma) 1
First Patriarch of Chan 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist monk ⓘ
Chan patriarch ⓘ
Zen patriarch ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
semi-legendary figure ⓘ
associatedWith Chan Buddhism ⓘ
Shaolin Monastery ⓘ
Shaolin Kung Fu ⓘ
surface form: Shaolin martial arts (legendary)

Zen ⓘ
surface form: Zen Buddhism

dhyana ⓘ
meditation practice ⓘ
centralTeaching attaining Buddhahood ⓘ
direct pointing to the mind ⓘ
seeing one’s true nature ⓘ
deemphasized scriptural study ⓘ
emphasized direct meditation ⓘ
personal experience of enlightenment ⓘ
ethnicity Indian ⓘ
floruit 5th–6th century ⓘ
historicity partly legendary ⓘ
iconographyFeature bearded appearance ⓘ
seated in meditation ⓘ
wide eyes ⓘ
influenced Chan Buddhism ⓘ
Chinese Buddhism ⓘ
East Asian Buddhism ⓘ
Zen ⓘ
surface form: Zen Buddhism
knownAs Bodai Daruma ⓘ
Damo ⓘ
Bodai Daruma ⓘ
surface form: Daruma

Bodhidharma ⓘ
surface form: First Patriarch of Chan

Putidamo ⓘ
origin India ⓘ
regardedAs patriarch in Chinese Chan lineage ⓘ
patriarch in Japanese Zen lineage ⓘ
patriarch in Korean Seon lineage ⓘ
patriarch in Vietnamese Thiền lineage ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
subjectOf hagiographic biographies ⓘ
many Chan and Zen legends ⓘ
title Bodhidharma self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: First Patriarch of Chan Buddhism

Bodhidharma self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: First Patriarch of Zen
traditionallyCreditedWith bringing Chan Buddhism to China ⓘ
bringing Zen Buddhism to China ⓘ
veneratedIn China ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
Korea ⓘ
Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chan Buddhism → foundingFigure → Bodhidharma ⓘ
Chan Buddhism → traditionalFounder → Bodhidharma ⓘ
Shaolin Monastery → dedicatedTo → Bodhidharma ⓘ
Shaolin Monastery → associatedWith → Bodhidharma ⓘ
Bodhidharma → knownAs → Bodhidharma ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Patriarch of Chan
Bodhidharma → title → Bodhidharma self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Patriarch of Chan Buddhism
Bodhidharma → title → Bodhidharma self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Patriarch of Zen
Huike → follows → Bodhidharma ⓘ
Huike → teacher → Bodhidharma ⓘ
Sengcan → influencedBy → Bodhidharma ⓘ
Records of the Transmission of the Lamp → includesSectionOn → Bodhidharma ⓘ
Lankāvatāra Sutra → associatedWith → Bodhidharma ⓘ
subject surface form: Lankāvatāra Sūtra
Daruma Market → associatedWithDeity → Bodhidharma ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bodhidharma (Daruma)
Takasaki Daruma → represents → Bodhidharma ⓘ
Shorinzan Daruma-ji Temple → dedicatedTo → Bodhidharma ⓘ