Bodhidharma (traditionally dated to the 5th or 6th century CE) is a semi-legendary Buddhist monk credited with transmitting Chan Buddhism, later known in Japan as Zen, from India to China. According to traditional accounts, he travelled from South India or Central Asia to China, where he is said to have taught at the Shaolin Monastery and to have spent years in silent meditation facing a wall. He is revered in the Chan and Zen traditions as their first patriarch in China, and later legend also credits him with laying the foundations of Shaolin martial arts training, though many details of his life are impossible to verify historically.
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RoleSemi-legendary Buddhist monk credited as the transmitter of Chan Buddhism to China and regarded as its first Chinese patriarch 1 Role
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Bodhidharma was a semi-legendary Buddhist monk who lived during the 5th or 6th century CE. He is traditionally credited as the transmitter of Chan Buddhism to China, and is regarded as its first Chinese patriarch.
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According to traditional accounts, he travelled from South India or Central Asia to China, where he is said to have taught at the Shaolin Monastery and to have spent years in silent meditation facing a wall.
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who lived during the fifth and sixth century C.E.
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