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Bodhidharma

Bodhidharma (traditionally 5th–6th century CE) was a South Asian Buddhist monk credited with transmitting meditation-focused Mahayana Buddhism to China and founding the Chan (Zen) tradition. His intellectual contribution is traditionally summarized in the

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Buddhism Long Scroll of the Treatise on the Two Entrances and Four Practices – Bodhidharma Bodhidharma

A concise Chan guide attributed to Bodhidharma, outlining two entrances to the Dharma and four everyday practices for…

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Buddhism Bodhidharma’s Six Gates (少室四論) – Bodhidharma Bodhidharma

A Chinese Chan collection of six short works attributed to Bodhidharma, teaching that the mind itself is Buddha.

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