Bodhidharma

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Bodhidharma

(Sk.)

Wisdom‐religion; or the wisdom contained in Dharma (ethics). Also the name of a great Arhat Kshatriya (one of the warrior‐caste), the son of a king. It was Panyatara, his guru, who “gave him the name Bodhidharma to mark his understanding (bodhi) of the Law (dharma) of Buddha”. (Chin. San. Diet.). Bodhidharma, who flourished in the sixth century, travelled to China, whereto he brought a precious relic, namely, the almsbowl of the Lord Buddha (TG).

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Shortly: Wisdom‐religion; or the wisdom contained in Dharma (ethics). Also the name of a great Arhat Ks...