Damo

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Damo is the Chinese name for Bodhidharma, the semi-legendary Buddhist monk credited with bringing Chan (Zen) Buddhism to China and associated with the Shaolin Monastery.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist monk
historical figure
religious teacher
semi-legendary figure
activityPeriod 5th–6th century
alsoKnownAs Bodhidharma NERFINISHED
Da Mo NERFINISHED
Pu Ti Da Mo NERFINISHED
associatedLegend crossing the Yangtze River on a reed
meditating in a cave for nine years
associatedWith Chan patriarch lineage
Shaolin Monastery NERFINISHED
Songshan Shaolin Temple NERFINISHED
meditation practice
wall-gazing meditation
ChineseNameOf Bodhidharma NERFINISHED
coreTeaching direct transmission outside scriptures
seeing one’s true nature and becoming Buddha
creditedWith bringing Chan Buddhism to China
transmitting Zen teachings from India to China
depictedAs bearded monk with intense gaze
seated in meditation facing a wall
ethnicity Indian
fieldOfActivity meditation
philosophy
religion
honorificTitle Patriarch Bodhidharma NERFINISHED
influenced development of Chinese Chan Buddhism
later Zen traditions in East Asia
knownFor emphasis on meditation over scripture
strict meditation practice
teaching direct insight into Buddha-nature
languageOfName Chinese
nameDerivedFrom transliteration of Sanskrit "Bodhidharma"
origin India NERFINISHED
regionOfInfluence China’s Buddhist communities
East Asia NERFINISHED
religion Buddhism
role first patriarch of Chan Buddhism in China
scriptOfName Chinese characters
tradition Chan Buddhism NERFINISHED
Mahayana Buddhism NERFINISHED
Zen Buddhism NERFINISHED
veneratedIn China NERFINISHED
Japan NERFINISHED
Korea NERFINISHED
Vietnam NERFINISHED

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Bodhidharma knownAs Damo