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Bodhidharma
Also known as Bodai Daruma · Bodaidaruma · Bodhidharma, Putidamo · Bồ-Đề-Đạt-Ma · Daruma · Dharmayana · P'u-ti Ta-mo · Poridalma] · Puti Damo · Ta Mo · Tal Ma · Đạt-Ma
- Transmission from
- Unknown
- Born
- ?
- Died
- 532 · 536?
- Source records
- 7
Tradition labels in the sources
Koan appearances
Mentioned in these koans
- Kyôgen's Man Up a TreeMumonkan · CASE 5
- Bodhidharma Puts the Mind to RestMumonkan · CASE 41
- Bodhidharma's “Vast and void”Hekiganroku · CASE 1
- Fuketsu's “Mind Seal”Hekiganroku · CASE 38
- Hô Koji's “Beautiful Snow”Hekiganroku · CASE 42
- Unmon's “Six “Hekiganroku · CASE 47
- Seppô's “What Is This?”Hekiganroku · CASE 51
- Dôgo's Condolence VisitHekiganroku · CASE 55
- Fu Daishi Expounds the SutraHekiganroku · CASE 67
- Ba and “One Hundred Negations“Hekiganroku · CASE 73
- Bodhidharma's “Vast and Void”Shoyoroku · CASE 2
- The Indian King Invites the PatriarchShoyoroku · CASE 3
- Master Ba's “White and Black”Shoyoroku · CASE 6
- Fuketsu's “Iron Ox”Shoyoroku · CASE 29
- Beiko und “Enlightenment”Shoyoroku · CASE 62
- Emperor Dôkô's Helmet HoodShoyoroku · CASE 97
- The Twenty-eighth Ancestor, Venerable BodhidharmaDenkoroku · PROJECT CASE 29
Lineage claims
Teachers and predecessors
- Hanyattara (Prajñādhāra/Prajñātāra 般若多羅)wikipedia lineage chart predecessor · source asserted unverified
Students and successors
- Dazu Huikechan ancestors map teacher student · source asserted map connection
- Taiso Ekatraditional lineage predecessor · traditional claim
- Dàoyùwikipedia lineage chart predecessor · source asserted unverified
Relationship labels preserve the meaning used by each source; they are not automatically equivalent to Dharma transmission.
Communities and resources
Affiliations listed by sources
No organization affiliation is present in the seed sources.
Further reading
No additional resource link is present.
Citation ledger
Where this record came from
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- Bodhidharma ↗historical book index · table of contents, page 11 · retrieved 2026-08-21
- Bodaidaruma ↗traditional lineage chart node · visible text line 60 · retrieved 2026-08-21
- Bodhidharma, Putidamo ↗pdf lineage entry · page 1, extracted line 12 · retrieved 2026-08-21
- Bodhidharma ↗chan ancestors map node · page 1, root portrait label · retrieved 2026-08-21
- Bodhidharma ↗wikipedia lineage chart node · chart table 1, row 29 · retrieved 2026-08-23
- Bodhidharma ↗wikipedia lineage chart node · chart table 2, row 2 · retrieved 2026-08-23
- Bodhidharma ↗denkoroku lineage chapter · Denkoroku, ancestor 28 · retrieved 2026-08-23