Today’s protagonist was born as a Prince in a southern Indian kingdom, but he soon discarded his palace life to embrace the study of Buddhism. As a travelling Master, he journeyed to China, where he gained powerful disciples and founded Dhyana Buddhism, better known in China as Chan, and later in Japan as Zen.

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Source/Further reading:

Biographies of Bodhidharma
https://www.usashaolintemple.com/chanbuddhism-history/

https://www.wayofbodhi.org/bodhidharma-lifestory/

https://www.britannica.com/biographyi/Bodhidharma

Zen
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Buddhism/Pure-Land

https://www.wayofbodhi.org/bodhidharma-teachings/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04sxv29

https://www.learnreligions.com/introduction-to-zen-buddhism-449933

Martial arts
https://www.wayofbodhi.org/bodhidharma-and-martial-arts/

https://festival.si.edu/2002/the-silk-road/martial-arts-along-the-silk-road-from-bodhidharma-to-bruce-lee/smithsonian

Buddhism
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fNa4nFD6_RsN9IZv5Q9Y0tZfDbvSUy3CrfubXlugF0I

https://www.learnreligions.com/what-is-the-buddha-dharma-449710


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