Complete history of Bodhidharma, reason for his arrival of china, creations of Bodhidharma, real name of Bodhidharma




Who is bodhidarma ?

The Bodhidharma is one of the Buddhist monk.

The Bodhidarma lived in the century of 5th/6th century.

He was traditionally appointed as the leading patriarch and transmitter of Zen (Chinese: Chán, Sanskrit: Dhyāna) to China.

One important news is that he is one of the third son of a great Tamil king of the Pallava king or Dynasty .   Bodhidharma was born as prince for the city of kancipuran, that he was prince on a Pallava dynasty in their capital of Kanchipuram.

Based on Chinese legend, he was condider as beginner of kung fu, I mean that he was began the physical training of the Shaolin monks which help to made a creation of Shaolinquan.

But any way, martial arts historians have appeared this legend stems from the century of 17th century qigong , which is manually known as Yijin Jing.

According to some news he was consider as one Brahmin and his family was Brahmin family in southern India and may be one royal lineage.

According to this Broughton (1999:2) notes, he was considered as  Bodhidharma's royal pedigree implies that 
reveal you that he was one Kshatriya warrior caste.

Why bodhidarma went to china ?
He became a buddhist monk in the century of 6 th century. So he have to go to china, after becoming a Buddhist monk, Bodhidharma traveled to China.

Some news and book states that china got very dangerous disease, so Bodhidharma went to china for save the 

peoples from disease.

When bodhidarma went to china ?
Based on one some news his arrival date to china is different date,  Based one some news and states he arrived to china in the period of( Liú Sòng Dynasty )(420–479) and another news told that his arrival to the Liáng Dynasty (502–557). 

What are the books about Bodhidharma ?
Yáng Xuànzhī

Tánlín

Dàoxuān

Epitaph for Fărú

Yǒngjiā Xuánjué

Dàoyuán


What is the real name of Bodhidharma ?

Bodhidharma has many names, based on originally named Bodhitara.
 His surname was Chadili.
His Dhyāna teacher, Prajnatara, modified or renamed him  name as Bodhidharma.
Based on Faure (1986) notes that "Bodhidharma’s name some time called as Bodhi, or more often as Dharma (Ta-mo). His first name some confustion with arrival of Bodhiruci."
Based on Tibetan notes and valuable  sources give his name as "Bodhidharmottāra" or "Dharmottara",
What is the meaning of "Bodhidharmottāra" or "Dharmottara" ?
Bodhidharmottāra" or "Dharmottara" , That name meaning is that "Highest teaching (dharma) of enlightenment
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