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Soshi
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Soshi. The Elder or Patriarch, Zen Buddhist title of
Bodhidharma.
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The Bodhidharma Anthology: The Earliest Records of Zen.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; The Bodhidharma Anthology: The Earliest Records of Zen. By JEFFREY...UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS, 1999. Pp. 186. The Bodhidharma Anthology is a collection of texts attributed to Bodhidharma, the "first patriarch" of the Ch'an lineage...
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Pilgrimage to mecca of kung fu
Newspaper article from: China Daily; 8/10/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...characteristic of the temple's tour." Bodhidharma's Cave The Shaolin Temple was established...of a magnificent Buddhist temple for Bodhidharma, a knowledgeable monk who was coming...be traced back about 1,500 years to Bodhidharma, who is credited with the original...
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Zazen and psychotherapeutic presence
Magazine article from: American Journal of Psychotherapy; 10/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...century C.E. by an Indian monk named Bodhidharma. Buddhism had been practiced in China...came from the West, and he summoned Bodhidharma to the palace. "What merit have I...and shrines?" the Emperor asked. Bodhidharma's answer, "None whatsoever," was...
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China special: Everybody was kung-fu fighting ... ... but at the Shaolin Temple they're not exactly fast as lightning. James Rampton settles into monastic life
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 1/30/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...part of the trip was the trek up to Bodhidharma's Cave on the summit of Song Shan...were invented. An Indian monk called Bodhidharma came to the temple AD27, anxious to...his face on to the cave wall. Then Bodhidharma came back down to the temple and gave...
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Three language-related methods in early Chinese Chan Buddhism.
Magazine article from: Philosophy East and West; 10/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...such as the ones discussed here. The Bodhidharma Method We are all familiar with the following story about Bodhidharma, the founder or first patriarch of...beg the master to pacify it for me. BODHIDHARMA: Bring me your mind, and I will...
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John R. McRae. Seeing through Zen: Encounter, Genealogy, and Transformation in Chinese Chan Buddhism.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: China Review International; 9/22/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...century, traditionally ascribed to Bodhidharma and the early Chan patriarchs, through...historically obscure figures such as Bodhidharma, the putative founder of Chan in China...early part focuses on the legend of Bodhidharma and its functions within the later Chan...
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What sound is this one headline making?
Newspaper article from: Redlands Daily Facts; 12/9/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...an Indian missionary in China named Bodhidharma, who preached the way of Zen to the...money to the Buddhist orders of monks, Bodhidharma curtly replied that the emperor would...about the value of meditation alone, Bodhidharma marched off to a mountain and spent...
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China's famed Shaolin Temple fights for name, even in India.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 7/31/2007; 700+ words
; ...and adopts a simple living, just as Bodhidharma, the Indian Buddhist monk credited...Shaolin Temple was also an Indian, Bodhidharma (Damo). Hearing Damo's arrival...schools in their countries, Guo said. Bodhidharma felt the monks at the Shaolin Temple...
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Chinese monks defend the honor of; Kung fu
Newspaper article from: Sunday News Lancaster, PA; 2/24/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...meditation. Legend has it that Buddhist monk Bodhidharma was so devout that he once spent seven...the stone that he was facing. When Bodhidharma, the father of Zen, came to Henan...deer, bear, monkey and bird. When Bodhidharma's pacifist monks ventured outside...
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Martial arts, now and Zen; Popular kung fu movies kick up exposure for Shaolin monks.(WORLD)(BRIEFING: PACIFIC RIM)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 4/19/2002; 700+ words
; ...devised at Shaolin by the Indian monk Bodhidharma. Each style mimics the movements and...from Shaolin. According to tradition, Bodhidharma came to China from India early in the...unexpected. For nine years, it is said, Bodhidharma sat in meditation, in a cave on the...
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Bodhidharma
Book article from: A Dictionary of Buddhism
Bodhidharma (3rd-4th c. ce). According to Ch'an and zen legends, Bodhidharma is the Indian monk and missionary who brought...lineages back to him. According to the legend, Bodhidharma arrived in Canton via the sea route in 526...
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Southern and Northern Schools
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
...four successors or patriarchs after Bodhidharma : Hui-Kʾo , Seng-ts...central part in the transmission from Bodhidharma via Fa-ju (638–89...transmitting the foundations laid by Bodhidharma into China. According to his epitaph...
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Zen
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
...wuwei ) as the way of the water. Bodhidharma (470 – 543), the twenty...emptiness). Ninian Smart states that Bodhidharma, the first patriarch, is reputed to...Huineng (638 – 713), refined Bodhidharma's teachings by emphasizing master...
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Hui-k'o
Book article from: A Dictionary of Buddhism
...disciple of the Indian Ch'an monk Bodhidharma and the one traditionally recognized...perseverance: when he first approached Bodhidharma for teaching, the latter ignored him...cut off his own arm and offered it to Bodhidharma as a token of his earnestness (although...
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Tea Bag
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...tea was created. In India, the discovery is attributed to Bodhidharma, an actual person who founded the Ch-an School of Buddhism...after four years of a self-imposed nine-year meditation, Bodhidharma grew sleepy. In an attempt to stay awake, he began to chew...
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