Bodhidharma Master has truly entered the human mythology, to live forever with great honor, in the minds of people.

Many historical records have recorded the life of  the founder Bodhidharma, with mysterious myths. Throughout the documents: "Cao Tang Stories?" By Nam Son Dao Tuyen, "Transcendental Lichen" by Zen master Dao Nguyen, and "Bich Nhuc Luc" of the Buddha statue, the legends about him are recorded as: Dat Ma crossed the sea across the East, Dat Ma off rafts across the Yangtze River, Datama carrying sandals on the mountain Thong Lanh, Diem sitting meditation sleep, cut eyelids, fell into the first tea tree ( From there, it appears that this mysterious mystery is meant to portray the supreme reverence of the people, to the life of Bodhidharma, a supernatural being. in the way of thought and scholarship, of a liberal mind, of liberation, of destruction and of iniquity. number, dogma at that time.

Portrait of Bodhidharma (Painting by Phuong Hong, 2006)

Bodhidharma has been in the history of mankind for the past 15 centuries, with many important historical inquiries, alongside mysterious myths, that have prompted some East West scholars to question. and denies the character, his life, as scholars: Phung Huu Lan (China), P. Pelliot, Conze,. In contrast, his existence has been accepted through many histories, including scholars: Thich (China), Praboth Chandra Bagchi (India), Suziki (Japan), Watts, Hebert, Sasaki, Watanabe, Dumoulin,. and the books "The history of Chinese Buddhism", the book "Martial Art Tung Thu" by Quang Tu Lao Ni, that is, the wall of the Qing King Qing son of the Qing Dynasty.

Bodhi Lama  real name is Bodhi Da La (Bodhi Tara), third son of King Chi Wang, of the course of surveys to Ly, water Quoc Huong, nandina (highlands Dekkan), southern India.

Bodhi Lama - 9 years of flange.

Bodhidharma is the legal name, which was placed upon the monk with Prajanatra, the twenty-eighth Buddhist monk of India. One day, the team called Bodhidharma to teach and teach that:

"Sixty years after the day we passed away, the disciples should circulate to Eastern China to propagate, because the Eastern environment is very suitable for Zen Buddhism." Following this, Bodhidharma was instructed by the master to pass on the yoga bowl, to inherit the task of the 28th Indian Buddhist Patriarchate.

In India, Siddhartha Bodhisatta realized that the Buddhist beliefs were disturbed, because of the divide of Buddhism, caused by the six great disciples of the Buddha of Da Tien, into six different sects. , with the thought of distancing the principles of Buddhism such as: General Tong, General Vo Tong, Dinh Hui Tong, About Hạnh Tong, Dac Tong, Tich Tong.

Therefore, he has persuaded the six monks to return to the source of Buddhist doctrine. As well, Ngai was able to sense the emptiness of the King, because he believed in the heresies of incitement, forbade the expansion of Indian Buddhism at that time.

In order to carry out his teacher's teaching, in 517, the founder of Bodhi Lama from India, using a boat crossing the sea, for three years, arrived in Guangzhou, China on September 21, 520 (Canh Ty ), the Emperor Luong Vo, the seventh year of the Mandarin.

On the first day of October 520 (Canh Ty), he was the Emperor Luong Vo Emperor in the Kim Ling preaching. After nineteen days of lecturing at the imperial court, he was disappointed by the emperor's inability to receive his meditation thoughts on the subject of the Dalai Lama, including the Buddha Mind , and Fa. He complained about the following:

"The most common, the most touching,

The most expensive, the same.

Fee-free,

Lord Levy, wing of the way. "

Interpretation is as follows:

"Each ordinary nose, birds,

Accelerating urine, burning pepper.

Directly Shaolin, seated cliff,

King Liang, sometimes called.

After that he lonely from Kim Lang palace, crossing the Yangtze River, through the area of ​​Bac Giang, enter the Wei water, to Luoyang, stop at Shaolin Temple, Tung Son Mountain, on November 23, 520 (Canh Ty) the Hau Wei, Emperor Hieu Minh, Chanh Quang Nguyen. In the Shaolin Temple, he sat quietly, facing the cliff to meditate. The man who called him Brahman Monk, that is, La Mon Monk sat at the wall (According to Cao Tăng Truyện).

For nine years (9), he contacted and gave the bowl to the Two Founders of Hue. Then they were next to the Sixth Patriarch (6). The founder of Bodhidharma during meditation sitting, on October 5, 529. The body was buried in the Temple of Mount Rinpole, then the tablet was worshiped at Shaolin Temple (according to the book of Luc Nhuc Luc). The following is the inscription of Luong Vo De memorial to him: "-So did not see.He met like not meet. Face like not face.He once? And exclaims:

"Is your mind up?"

To receive his form, the historian states:

"After King Hieu Trang (son of Hieu Minh De, Hậu Nguyu) heard Tong talked about meeting the group, at Thong Lanh mountain, the king immediately ordered Tong Van, together with some Shaolin monks, Describe the details of the visual appearance of the team, for the eighteen (18) portrait artists redraw.

According to this expression, the team has a tall, muscular body, and the general moves forward to stand firm. For the first time, appearing on the coast of China, the party dressed in yellow Indian clothes. Later, the team used a Chinese-style robe, in particular, the head often covered with a towel to dew wind. Beard, hair, chest hair, free-flowing hair of the nest, abnormal thickening. The left leg is worn with a silver ring, which is attached to four (4) small gold bells, making a resounding, in every footstep. Both hands are wearing a ring from a large jade as a cup. The nose of the nest is as big as a lion's nose, mouth or tight-fitting, forming a curve, hidden behind the beard. Broken two missing teeth. Most especially the eyes, most Indians have eyes with brown or black lenses, spiral inside, on the contrary, the eyes are green, big and looks deep as nothing, no bottom. Those eyes often glare like lifeless. Look who is like an invisible force, causing people to panic, terrified.

After half a month, eighteen (18) special portraits of the nest are beautifully done, in various poses such as walking, standing or sitting. Each artist depending on his interests and discoveries that draw: The team still carry the stick, hanging a slippers, shoulder carrying dust bags, as the last Tong Van meet on Thong Lanh mountain, but not pedal On the branch, across the Yangtze River, on a boat empty afternoon guests. There is a painting stand standing on the rock, a stone root of a barren.

There are drawings sit sitting on the cliff of Vo Dong, according to the "Nine Dien Bich Tham Thien". There are drawings directly looking straight ahead, eyes glare, looking straight at the opposite person, stand at any angle, see the nest look. There is a picture of the nest in the snow, eyes looking at nothing. Each portraiture is a masterpiece of art. But Tong Van felt a lack of anything, never painted. Eighteen (18) paintings like eighteen dead body, immobile, though drawing Bodhidharma, but not Bodhidharma. No one can draw nests on ink. If yes? The silhouette of the nest just formed into the imagination of each person. Eighteen (18) paintings are classified as national treasures. "

After he was eighty-nine years old, he passed away in 529, leaving two posthumous works: Zen and Martial Arts, at Shaolin Temple. Later, thanks to the successor monks, Chinese geniuses, have worked to promote the Zen Monk to the throne unique in the Mahayana schools. As well, the Shaolin Temple became a Chinese nationalist, a great sect of witchcraft, all respectable, throughout the fifteen (15) centuries, in Asian countries. At present, the Dalai Lama and the Shaolin Temple have been studied and studied in many countries around the world.

If you want to say: - Zen is the soul, martial arts is the body of the Dalai Lama, therefore, the appearance of these two ideologies and academics, is the true artisanization of the human beings. Dama, at the Shaolin Temple. Bodhidharma Master has truly entered the human history, to live forever with great honor, in the minds of people. END=NAM MO SAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN AMITABHA MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.11/11/2018.