Indian?
I heard he was Persian. Not a prince. A Mahayana wanderer.
Here nor there, what there is is what there is.
All we do is add to it through our own practice.
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Indian?
I heard he was Persian. Not a prince. A Mahayana wanderer.
Here nor there, what there is is what there is.
All we do is add to it through our own practice.
This is important to Zen.
http://holybooks.lichtenbergpress.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/The-Lankavatara-Sutra-A-Mahayana-Text.pdf
sangha is, well to me, is just community united in common goal and view and practice.
buddha to me, refers to the buddha nature within all of us.
dharma is of course cut a dried as "law" that...
As I understand it, it is said that Bodhidharma took Hui ke as his disciple and transmitted the lankavatara sutra to him. This sutra is considered the seed of Ch'an although it is true that the...
Buddhism was in China before Bodhidharmas arrival. Actually, quite a while before and so, he was the first patriarch of Ch'an, but not of Buddhism in China as indicated by the list provided above.
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:)
Well, he didn't exactly burn through a mountain with his eyes, he wasn't necessarily an Indian Prince and yes, he was around by all acounts in and around the 6th century CE.
To the Q's
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the tamo story does teach a couple of things to the seeker of kungfu.
for me, the lessons are:
diligence in practice
mindfulness in practice
purpose in practice
The rest is not relevant...
Stuff of legends.
Ta Mo was originally rejected from the temple.
He then sat in the cave for however long, lgend says 9 years, I am inclined to surmise that is nine lunar years or nine...