HIS Bodhidharma.

Traditionally Zen, in the fifth century, he Bodhidharma in China to teach Zen. To this day, some scholars remain skeptical about the existence of Bodhidharma.

One thousand five hundred years is an awful long time for us who live in the time series inconsequential separated. But one thousand five hundred years that nothing less than a flick of alpine sleeve of teachers have.

And Zen has really come into the world, the humans. Although historically Bodhidharma is true or not true, he also has the light spectrum into flesh and blood in this world.

Bodhidharma was born around the year 440 in Kanchi, the capital of the Pallava kingdom in southern India. His line of Brahmin, Tuesday prince son Simhavarman (Huong Chi). His young fans from Buddhism and later on with his life Prajnataja France, the twenty-seventh Patriarch in the course of meditation, when you come to visit the king. He himself Prajnataja Bodhidharma advised to transmit Buddhism in China. At that time the continental road insecurity should Bodhidharma sailed and in domainmale China.

According to the Director of Communications Sign Luc Nguyen, after three years at sea, coming Bodhidharma in southern China in 527 AD Emperor Wu of Liang invited him to the palace to ask direct, Bodhidharma used means revealing Logging Enlightenment doctrine but do not understand the King Emperor Wu of Liang. The repartee is recorded as follows:

King Emperor Wu of Liang asked: "What is the noble truth that the First?"

A: "Empty not no church."

Q: "I do my front were they?"

A: "Do not know."

Asked, "station since connecting throne now specializes in helping people, messianic, scribes, create objects, what is the merit?"

A: "There is a bit of merit."

King said: "Why not have merit?"

A: "The heavens are small fruits in place people, that is the illegal possession as shown in form, but with the good, not the general truth."

Question: "What is the true merit?"

A: "Tri pure emptiness wholeness. Public virtues can not take the world that bridge."

(Turkish time Emperor problem: As the First Noble Truth HA market mean?

He wrote: Gain St. natural wealth.

De Written For lobes Stations?

He wrote: Any form.

Huu level: Nine hundred unsolicited contingent movement, the workers, created the world, so trade, organic galaxy merit?

He wrote: Unknown merit.

Empire wrote: Ha certainly no merit?

He wrote: Test results visionaries primary natural, organic contraband labor costs, like the custom form, but rewarded with good people, non-urban real minister.

Emperor Wu advice: As galaxies appears true merit?

He wrote: Pure magic Park Hotel, can not President. As marketing merit, regardless of course that bridge.)

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Bodhidharma knew enough not predestined, he secretly crossed the Yangtze River, Legend on a branch wipe. According to legend, he went up into the tops Missing Seven ways Shaolin Temple Tung Son mountain about a mile to sit "jade shop" for nine years.

According to the Director of Communications Sign Luc Nguyen, Bodhidharma died on October 5th in 536 by a monk jealousy murdered by poison. According to the custom of Cao Tang Story of Dao Tuyen, Bodhidharma took on the waterfront Lot. Also under the Declaration, three years after Bodhidharma died, an angel met him in the mountain regions of Central Asia. His rod upon his shoulders hung a slipper, said he was walking about Thien Truc. The monk heard this, his grave and found that only a slipper in the coffin.

Bodhidharma is considered the first person in China Zen TV. Actually meditation methods and teachings that Bodhidharma taught his disciples had also been taught previously as a method to a Buddhist retreat. However with Bodhidharma, Zen with Buddha nature are one, Buddha Nature with Heart - Normal Heart - no different. Rather than teach them settle in mind, he just let them "see" a stone, a branch wipe floats, a non-retail sandals ... And so Bodhidharma also considered as a lamp lit from His smile Kassapa Buddha flowers before posting, to light other lamps forever after.

Furthermore, before Bodhidharma in China, Buddhism here focused on the research, the classic sermon, less emphasis on religious practice. Mahayana Bich Quan because he taught meditation practices do take the essence study. Bich Quan is not a kind of "meditation dead" as some people misunderstand is sitting facing the wall. Bich Quan is "keep your mind straight as walls". Mind that is absolute immobility. Hue Ability to pray for peace of mind, peace of mind is the purpose of Bich Quan. And just when to Bodhidharma, Hui new possibility is "peace of mind", which is the mission of Zen that Bodhidharma bring the era.

When Bodhidharma came Tokyo, with a monk named Shen Quang please follow the same church as his teacher at the Shaolin Temple. God of Light is the type who represent the intellectual world of monks at the time. Than Quang previous research has profound Taoist and Confucian philosophy, the following is not satisfied and returned to study Buddhism. He was erudite, educated understand much but still restless mind. Whenever God of Light asked France, Bodhidharma had no answers.

God of Light himself: "The ancients because France can beat top players fall marrow, blood cut statue painting, hair conditioners mud cover, pilot for tiger body. The ancients so, unfortunately we reproduce itself?" And stood out in the rain overnight snow.

The next morning, Bodhidharma saw it, asked: "You want to stay out of the snow globe with?"

Than Quang tears said, "May the Venerable open for wet road machinery, large populations of living."

He said: "The wisdom of the Buddhas and its greatest undergo practice countless lives. You narrow mind can not achieve."

God of Light himself heard left arm placed in front of Master.

Master told the God of Light "NewbieBuddhas and Bodhisattvas French players do not take the body itself, not taking nature as nature par par. France needs your hands is a worthy job ", then rename the God of Light into Hue Kha.

Hue Kha said, "Please rest assured Venerable."

Master said, "Take heart out here, because I will give thee peace!"

Sir: "Find Center without seeing."

Master said: "Found the mind ie you? I have for you that peace of mind for it."

Master Hue Kha asked again: "I have for you that peace of mind for it, find reasonable?"

Hue Kha great awakening hearing, said: "Today learned that all the measures in the past emptiness capital; today know that Bodhi had no remote. So the notion that the Bodhisattvas not to shore Prajna , not the notion that Nirvana. "

Master says, "Yes! Yes!"

Hue Kha asked: "Venerable France have recorded by deed or not?"

Master said, "France's transmission center we take care, not written up."

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Meditation of Bodhidharma also called Patriarch Zen to distinguish with Tathagata Meditation. This distinction is mentioned in the question and answer between Bodhidharma and Thai Animal Ocean View are as follows:

Thai Animal Ocean Forum asked: "In countries Thien Truc Western side, people begin France called Team, I have a clear interest, please ask that like?"

Master said, "Buddha Mind basic clear lenses without any mistakes, and understand the appropriate convent, called Fatherland."

Asked: "Just like that, or anything else?"

Master said, "ye shall know the mind clear lenses over this ancient, not put there not, nor hold on. Do not beat not stupid, no passion no compensation. If the lens is that it is called a team."

Ocean View again asked: "Disciple karma long in place, not close to the intellectuals to express reverence, being slightly less tied wisdom turned out to show enlightened dormancy should not be religion. May the Master just pitching Directed big communicate Buddha mind, practice using the mind. Ask how the French group called? "

He said the verse:

Do not see the evil that hostility and hate,

No shops are eager philanthropist follow,

Do not give up stupid place that needs to beat,

Nor parents to demand compensation,

Achieving great religion transcends infer,

Thong Buddha mind out measurements,

Not in the flesh St.,

Supernatural calling it Team.

(Herons any children born hiềm stained furniture, herons any children born bowl charity shop;

Any discharge heron stupid just beat, herons any gains realized tha pediatric anesthesia.

Directed not exceed the amount of land, through the Buddha Mind never come;

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