It describes bodhidharma.

One day, Dharma asked his master for advice and said, "Where should I spread Buddhism after I get it?" Prajnaparamita said, "You should go to Sinian (that is, China)". He also said: "After you arrive in Sinian, don't live in the south, where the monarch likes achievements and can't understand Buddhism."

following master's instructions, Dharma prepared his luggage, sailed a flat boat and sailed across the ocean. It took him three years to go through all the difficulties and twists and turns and came to China. After Dharma arrived in China, Guangzhou secretariat learned of this matter and quickly reported it to Jinling. Liang Wudi Xiaoyan immediately sent envoys to take Dharma to Kyoto to welcome him and treat his guests.

After the dialogue between Dharma and Liang Wudi, Liang Wudi was deeply remorseful. After learning the news of Dharma's departure, he immediately sent someone to ride a mule. When catching up with the middle section of the Shogun Mountain, the peaks on both sides suddenly closed and a group of people were caught between the two peaks. Dharma was walking to the river when he saw someone coming, so he broke a reed and threw it into the river, turned it into a boat and floated across the river.

after crossing the river with a reed, Dharma stopped in Changlu Temple, Jiangbei, and then went to Dingshan, such as a Buddhist temple, to practice in tin. "Sit with your face to the wall, and be silent all day long, and you can't measure it." During this period, the story of accepting disciple Hui Ke and having Hui Ke "standing in the snow and breaking his arm" became popular in the world.

After that, he and his disciples continued to spread the Dharma northwards. But as in the south, it was very difficult. Not only was he "slandered", but he was also personally persecuted by Guangtong lawyers, Liu Zhi Sanzang and others. He was poisoned six times and eventually died of poisoning. Buried in Xiong 'er Mountain, the tower rises in Dinglin Temple.

however, it is also said that three years after his death, Song Yun, the envoy of Wei, met him in Congling when he returned from the Western Regions. See him with only shoes in his hand, dancing and dying alone. At that time, Song Yun asked him: Where is the master going? His answer is: go back to the west. Therefore, there is also a legend of "only returning to the west".

Extended information:

Bodhidharma (English: Bodhi Dharma, also known as Bodhi Dharma), which is literally translated as awareness method. Claiming to be the 28th ancestor of Buddhism and Zen Buddhism, he is the ancestor of Zen Buddhism in China, so China's Zen Buddhism is also called Dharma Buddhism, and Dharma Buddhism is honored as "the first ancestor of East China" and "the founder of Dharma Buddhism", and together with Buddhist monk Baozhi and Master Fu, it is called the three great scholars of the Liang Dynasty.

sailed to Guangzhou during China's Southern Dynasties in Liang Wudi. Liang Wudi believed in Buddhism, and Dharma went to Liang Wudi, the capital of the Southern Dynasties, to meet the Jianye Association. However, the interview did not agree, so he crossed the river, went north to Luoyang, the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and then went to Shaolin Temple in Zhuoxisong Mountain. After nine years, he passed on the mantle to Huike. After leaving Yumen, you will travel for life.

His works include six volumes, including Ode to the Heart Sutra, Theory of Deformity, Two Kinds of Entry, Method of Relieving Mind, Theory of Understanding and Theory of Blood.

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