The Zen Record

Bodhidharma菩提達磨

d. 6th centuryChanAlso: Daruma · Bodhidharma
Died
d. 6th century
Dharma heir
Dazu Huike
School
Chan

Traditionally the Indian monk who brought Chan to China and the first Chinese ancestor. The earliest mention, in the Luoyang qielan ji (547), calls him a monk from Persia and gives no dates.

Related people

Dazu Huike大祖慧可
487–593Chan

Sources

  • Yang Xuanzhi 楊衒之, Luoyang qielan ji 洛陽伽藍記 (Record of the Monasteries of Luoyang) (547), Taishō T.2092 · link
  • Daoxuan 道宣, Xu gaoseng zhuan 續高僧傳 (Further Biographies of Eminent Monks) (645), Taishō T.2060 · link
  • Jingjue 淨覺, Lengqie shizi ji 楞伽師資記 (Record of the Masters and Disciples of the Laṅkā), Taishō T.2837 · link
  • Du Fei 杜朏, Chuan fabao ji 傳法寶紀 (Annals of the Transmission of the Dharma Treasure), Taishō T.2838 · link
  • Daoyuan (comp.), Jingde chuandeng lu 景德傳燈錄 (1004), Taishō T.2076 · link

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