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'''Buddhabhadra''' ({{zh-cp |c=跋陀 |p='''Bátuó'''}}) was an ]n ] master who was the founding abbot of ] | ||
| According to the ] County Recording (''Deng Feng Xian Zhi''), Bátuó came to China in 464 CE to preach ]. | |||
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| ⚫ | Thirty-one years later, in 495, the Shaolin Monastery was built by the order of ] for Batuo's preaching.<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. | ||
| He was the teacher of early Shaolin monks, 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. | |||
| Bátuó's disciples Sengchou and Huiguang were both expert in the martial arts by the time that Bátuó agreed to teach them religion.<ref>{{cite journal | first = Jeffrey J. | last = Kelly | year = 1994 | month = April | title = Amazing Stories From the Shaolin Temple | quotes =Ba was enamored with the Chinese martial arts, and actually recruited individuals skilled in them. | journal = Black Belt Magazine}}</ref> | |||
| There is no record of how or when Batuo died. | |||
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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.
Buddhabhadra (Chinese: 跋陀; pinyin: Bátuó) was an Indian dhyana master who was the founding abbot of Shao-lin Monastery
According to the Deng Feng County Recording (Deng Feng Xian Zhi), Bátuó came to China in 464 CE to preach Nikaya (小乘) Buddhism.
Thirty-one years later, in 495, the Shaolin Monastery was built by the order of Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei for Batuo's preaching. 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.
Bátuó's disciples Sengchou and Huiguang were both expert in the martial arts by the time that Bátuó agreed to teach them religion.
There is no record of how or when Batuo died.
Notes
- Kungfu History at EasternMartialArts.com
- Kelly, Jeffrey J. (1994). "Amazing Stories From the Shaolin Temple". Black Belt Magazine.
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