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Material : Metal
Size : 3.34" x 2.16" ( 8.5 x 5.5 CM )
* He was born in South India, Legend has it that he was the third son of King Tianzhu of South India. After becoming a monk, he became devoted to Mahayana Buddhism.
*He became a monk because he was obsessed with Buddhism. Around the beginning of the 6th century, he went to China to promote Buddhism. He was the founder of Chinese Zen, also known as "Dharma Patriarch"
*The thoughts of Patriarch Bodhidharma had a great influence on Chinese culture. He is the founder of Zen Buddhism in China, so Chinese Zen is also called Bodhidharma.
*There are many legends about Patriarch Bodhidharma. In his later years, he went north to the Shaolin Temple in Songshan, Henan, where he meditated facing the wall for nine years and finally understood the Dharma. No matter what happened during this period, he remained unmoved. This kind of perseverance persisted until the end. His spirit is deeply admired by future generations.
*A fifth-century Indian Buddhist monk, Bodhidharma is credited with bringing Zen to China. Although the tradition that traces its ancestry back to him did not flourish until nearly two hundred years after his death, today millions of Zen Buddhists and students of kung fu claim him as their spiritual father.