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The ] master '''Buddhabhadra''' ({{zh|c=跋陀 |p='''Bátuó'''}}) was the first abbot of ], |
The ] master '''Buddhabhadra''' ({{zh|c=跋陀 |p='''Bátuó'''}}) was the first abbot of ],{{sfn|Broughton|1999|p=109}} who hailed from Southern ].{{sfn|Broughton|1999|pp=54-55}} | ||
''Former Worthies Gather at the Mount Shuang-feng Stūpa and Each Talks of the Dark Principle'' contains the following reference to him: "Dhyana Master Buddha says: "The extreme principle is wordless. The sagely mind is unimpeded." |
''Former Worthies Gather at the Mount Shuang-feng Stūpa and Each Talks of the Dark Principle'' contains the following reference to him: "Dhyana Master Buddha says: "The extreme principle is wordless. The sagely mind is unimpeded."{{sfn|Broughton|1999|p=108}} | ||
According to the ''Deng Feng County Recording'', Bátuó came to China in 464 and preached ] for thirty years. Thirty-one years later, in 495, the Shaolin Monastery was built by the order of ] for Batuo's preaching.<ref>{{cite book|author=Meir Shahar|title=The Shaolin Monastery: History, Religion, and the Chinese Martial Arts|year=2008|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|isbn=0-8248-3110-1}}</ref> | According to the ''Deng Feng County Recording'', Bátuó came to China in 464 and preached ] for thirty years. Thirty-one years later, in 495, the Shaolin Monastery was built by the order of ] for Batuo's preaching.<ref>{{cite book|author-link=Meir Shahar|first=Meir |last=Shahar|title=The Shaolin Monastery: History, Religion, and the Chinese Martial Arts|year=2008|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|isbn=0-8248-3110-1}}</ref> | ||
Batuo's disciples Sengchou |
Batuo's disciples Sengchou{{sfn|Broughton|1999|p=109}} and Huiguang were both expert in the martial arts by the time they began their studies of religion with Batuo.<ref>{{cite journal | first = Jeffrey J. | last = Kelly |date=April 1994 | title = Amazing Stories From the Shaolin Temple | journal = Black Belt Magazine}} 'Ba was enamored with the Chinese martial arts, and actually recruited individuals skilled in them.'</ref> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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* {{cite book |last=Broughton |first=Jeffrey L. |year=1999 |title=The Bodhidharma Anthology: The Earliest Records of Zen |location=Berkeley |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=0-520-21972-4}} | |||
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Revision as of 11:47, 16 December 2020
There were two Indian Buddhist masters named Buddhabhadra in China during the 5th century CE. This article is about the Shaolin abbot. The other was a translator.The dhyana master Buddhabhadra (Chinese: 跋陀; pinyin: Bátuó) was the first abbot of Shaolin Monastery, who hailed from Southern India.
Former Worthies Gather at the Mount Shuang-feng Stūpa and Each Talks of the Dark Principle contains the following reference to him: "Dhyana Master Buddha says: "The extreme principle is wordless. The sagely mind is unimpeded."
According to the Deng Feng County Recording, Bátuó came to China in 464 and preached Nikaya Buddhism for thirty years. Thirty-one years later, in 495, the Shaolin Monastery was built by the order of Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei for Batuo's preaching.
Batuo's disciples Sengchou and Huiguang were both expert in the martial arts by the time they began their studies of religion with Batuo.
References
- ^ Broughton 1999, p. 109.
- Broughton 1999, pp. 54–55.
- Broughton 1999, p. 108.
- Shahar, Meir (2008). The Shaolin Monastery: History, Religion, and the Chinese Martial Arts. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 0-8248-3110-1.
- Kelly, Jeffrey J. (April 1994). "Amazing Stories From the Shaolin Temple". Black Belt Magazine. 'Ba was enamored with the Chinese martial arts, and actually recruited individuals skilled in them.'
Sources
- Broughton, Jeffrey L. (1999). The Bodhidharma Anthology: The Earliest Records of Zen. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-21972-4.