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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. → Subscribe for new videos four times per week. https://www.youtube.com/c/biographics?sub_confirmation=1 TopTenz Properties Our companion website for more: http://biographics.org Our sister channel TopTenz: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ-hpFPF4nOKoKPEAZM_THw/ Our Newest Channel about Interesting Places: https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw Credits: Host - Simon Whistler Author - Arnaldo Teodorani Producer - Jennifer Da Silva Executive Producer - Shell Harris Business inquiries to [email protected] Other Biographics Videos: Ötzi: The Frozen Man from the Alps https://youtu.be/AKmcjzdjQWQ Tiberius: The Reluctant Emperor https://youtu.be/jTOLCWtnKbA 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 Daruma in art https://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/daruma.shtml Daruma the doll https://darumasan.blogspot.com/2009/07/red-and-smallpox-essay.html https://www.tokyoweekender.com/2017/11/dark-history-daruma-doll/