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Bodhidharma

菩提达摩 zh 達磨 ja

Indian-Chinese philosopher and Buddhist Monk

  • Dated c. 483 CE – 540 CE
  • Also called Damo, Daruma

Overview

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Affiliation

As a third party recorded it, often for one period of a life.

Teachers and students

Teaching passed from one person to another, in the direction of the arrows — not ancestry, and not succession.

Bodhidharma Indian-Chinese philosopher and Buddhist Monk
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