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| :''There were two Indian Buddhist masters named Buddhabhadra in China during the 5th century CE. This article is about the Shaolin Abbot.'' | |||
| According to Chinese texts such as, ''Deng Feng County Recording'' (''Deng Feng Xian Zhi''), a Buddhist monk named Buddhabhadra ({{zh-cp |c=跋陀 |p='''Bátuó'''}}) went to China to ] Buddhism in 464 A.D. The Shaolin Temple was built thirty-one years later in 495 A.D., by the order of emperor Wei Xiao Wen (471-500 A.D.).<ref></ref> The temple originally consisted of a round dome used as a shrine and a platform where Indian and Chinese monks translated Indian Buddhist scriptures into native Chinese languages. | |||
| Buddhabhadra, an ] ] master, was the founding ] of ] and the teacher to the monks there, including Sengchou and Huiguang.<ref>{{cite book | last = Broughton | first = Jeffrey L. | title = The Bodhidharma Anthology: The Earliest Records of Zen | year = 1999 | publisher = University of California Press | location = Berkeley | id = ISBN 0-520-21972-4 | pages = 109}}</ref> Monastery records state Sengchou and Huiguang, both expert in the martial arts, were two of Shaolin's first monks.<ref>{{cite journal | author = Canzonieri, Salvatore | year = 1998 | month = February–March | title = History of Chinese Martial Arts: Jin Dynasty to the Period of Disunity | journal = Han Wei Wushu | volume = 3 | issue = 9 | url = }}</ref> | |||
| The '']'' documents Sengchou's skill with the tin staff. | |||
| ''Former Worthies Gather at the Mount Shuang-feng Stūpa and Each Talks of the Dark Principle'' contains the following reference to him: | |||
| {{cquote|Dhyana Master Buddha says: "The extreme principle is wordless. The sagely mind is unimpeded."<ref>Broughton 1999:108</ref>}} | |||
| According to the ] County Recording (''Deng Feng Xian Zhi''), Bátuó came to China in 464 CE and preached ] for thirty years. | |||
| Thirty-one years later, in 495, the Shaolin Monastery was built by the order of ] for Batuo's preaching. There is also no record of how or when Batuo died. | |||
| Another of Bátuó's students was Hui Guang. | |||
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Revision as of 21:54, 22 October 2006
According to Chinese texts such as, Deng Feng County Recording (Deng Feng Xian Zhi), a Buddhist monk named Buddhabhadra (Chinese: 跋陀; pinyin: Bátuó) went to China to preach Buddhism in 464 A.D. The Shaolin Temple was built thirty-one years later in 495 A.D., by the order of emperor Wei Xiao Wen (471-500 A.D.). The temple originally consisted of a round dome used as a shrine and a platform where Indian and Chinese monks translated Indian Buddhist scriptures into native Chinese languages.
Buddhabhadra, an Indian dhyana master, was the founding abbot of Shaolin Monastery and the teacher to the monks there, including Sengchou and Huiguang. Monastery records state Sengchou and Huiguang, both expert in the martial arts, were two of Shaolin's first monks. The Taishō Tripiṭaka documents Sengchou's skill with the tin staff.
Notes
- Kungfu History at EasternMartialArts.com
- Broughton, Jeffrey L. (1999). The Bodhidharma Anthology: The Earliest Records of Zen. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 109. ISBN 0-520-21972-4.
- Canzonieri, Salvatore (1998). "History of Chinese Martial Arts: Jin Dynasty to the Period of Disunity". Han Wei Wushu. 3 (9).
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