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	Dr. Thich Thien-An in his book ''Zen Philosophy, Zen Practice'', says:		Dr. Thich Thien-An in his book ''Zen Philosophy, Zen Practice'', says:

	<blockquote>At the time of his arrival, the ruler of China was Emperor Wu-Ti of the Liang dynasty. Emperor Wu-Ti was an ardent Buddhist, a scholar as well as a supporter and devotee. Through his contacts with other Buddhist masters, he had come to understand Buddhist philosophy very well. When he heard that the great master Bodhidharma had arrived in China, he was beside himself with delight and promptly invited the master to his court....~~</blockquote>~~		<blockquote>
			At the time of his arrival, the ruler of China was Emperor Wu-Ti of the Liang dynasty. Emperor Wu-Ti was an ardent Buddhist, a scholar as well as a supporter and devotee. Through his contacts with other Buddhist masters, he had come to understand Buddhist philosophy very well. When he heard that the great master Bodhidharma had arrived in China, he was beside himself with delight and promptly invited the master to his court....

	~~<blockquote>~~When Bodhidharma entered the court, the Emperor, after paying his proper respects, spoke to the Master thus: “For a long time I have used my own money to support many Buddhist temples and ordain many Buddhist monks and nuns. I have built schools for children and hospitals for the sick and ages, and aged. I have printed many Buddhist texts for free distribution to the people. I have done so many good things for Buddhism and for my people. Would you please tell me how much merit I will get?” Without a moment’s hesitation Bodhidharma answered: “No merit at all.”~~</blockquote>~~		When Bodhidharma entered the court, the Emperor, after paying his proper respects, spoke to the Master thus: “For a long time I have used my own money to support many Buddhist temples and ordain many Buddhist monks and nuns. I have built schools for children and hospitals for the sick and ages, and aged. I have printed many Buddhist texts for free distribution to the people. I have done so many good things for Buddhism and for my people. Would you please tell me how much merit I will get?” Without a moment’s hesitation Bodhidharma answered: “No merit at all.”

	~~<blockquote>~~The response struck the Emperor like a slap. The other masters had all taught him quite differently. “Do good,” they said, “and you will receive good; do bad and you will receive bad. Effects follow causes as shadows follow figures.”...~~</blockquote>~~		The response struck the Emperor like a slap. The other masters had all taught him quite differently. “Do good,” they said, “and you will receive good; do bad and you will receive bad. Effects follow causes as shadows follow figures.”...

	~~<blockquote>~~The Emperor then asked Bodhidharma another question: “Would you please tell me, what is the essence of Buddhism?” Short and sharp the answer came, “No essence at all.”~~</blockquote>~~		The Emperor then asked Bodhidharma another question: “Would you please tell me, what is the essence of Buddhism?” Short and sharp the answer came, “No essence at all.”

	~~<blockquote>~~The Emperor was stunned. No essence at all? When he had asked the other masters this question, they explained, with many words, arguments, illustrations and proofs, the basic doctrines of Buddhism....~~</blockquote>~~		The Emperor was stunned. No essence at all? When he had asked the other masters this question, they explained, with many words, arguments, illustrations and proofs, the basic doctrines of Buddhism....

	~~<blockquote>~~Why did Bodhidharma answer the way he did? Perhaps he wanted to say that all the teachings in Buddhism are but methods to be practiced, skillful means or expedients, and that what constitutes the essence for one man may not be the essence for another.... Or perhaps he wanted to say that the original Mind of Enlightenment is the All-illumining Void in which there is nothing to be grasped and no one to grasp, and therefore no essence at all. But Bodhidharma was not the kind of man to waste words. Therefore, short and sharp the answer came, “No essence at all.”~~</blockquote>~~		Why did Bodhidharma answer the way he did? Perhaps he wanted to say that all the teachings in Buddhism are but methods to be practiced, skillful means or expedients, and that what constitutes the essence for one man may not be the essence for another.... Or perhaps he wanted to say that the original Mind of Enlightenment is the All-illumining Void in which there is nothing to be grasped and no one to grasp, and therefore no essence at all. But Bodhidharma was not the kind of man to waste words. Therefore, short and sharp the answer came, “No essence at all.”

	~~<blockquote>~~This answer did not please the Emperor. However, he tried to be patient and asked one more question of Bodhidharma: “You say that, according to Buddhism, everything is nothing, that all things have no essence. Well then, who is he that is talking with me now?” [Bodhidharma answered] “I do not know.” This reply shocked the Emperor. He lost his patience, dismissed Bodhidharma from his court and retired to his chambers, his head swirling in confusion.~~</blockquote>~~		This answer did not please the Emperor. However, he tried to be patient and asked one more question of Bodhidharma: “You say that, according to Buddhism, everything is nothing, that all things have no essence. Well then, who is he that is talking with me now?” [Bodhidharma answered] “I do not know.” This reply shocked the Emperor. He lost his patience, dismissed Bodhidharma from his court and retired to his chambers, his head swirling in confusion.

	~~<blockquote>~~Meanwhile, left to himself, Bodhidharma thought: “This man is a Buddhist scholar, and yet even he could not understand. Perhaps conditions are not yet favorable enough for me to teach.” So he went to the Shao-Lin monastery in the state of Wei, sat cross-legged before a wall and entered into a deep state of meditation. He sat like this for nine years, waiting for conditions to ripen, waiting for someone to appear who would be capable of receiving the transmission of the wonderful Buddha Mind, that priceless treasure he had traveled all the way from India to China to transmit.<ref>Thich Thien-An, ''Zen Philosophy, Zen Practice'' (Emeryville, Calif.: Dharma Publishing, 1975) pp. 17–20.</ref></blockquote>		Meanwhile, left to himself, Bodhidharma thought: “This man is a Buddhist scholar, and yet even he could not understand. Perhaps conditions are not yet favorable enough for me to teach.” So he went to the Shao-Lin monastery in the state of Wei, sat cross-legged before a wall and entered into a deep state of meditation. He sat like this for nine years, waiting for conditions to ripen, waiting for someone to appear who would be capable of receiving the transmission of the wonderful Buddha Mind, that priceless treasure he had traveled all the way from India to China to transmit.<ref>Thich Thien-An, ''Zen Philosophy, Zen Practice'' (Emeryville, Calif.: Dharma Publishing, 1975) pp. 17–20.</ref>
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	The Shaolin temple later became famous for training monks in kung fu, and Bodhidharma is honored as the founder of this martial art.		The Shaolin temple later became famous for training monks in kung fu, and Bodhidharma is honored as the founder of this martial art.

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	[6th century <small>A</small>.<small>D.</small>] An Indian Buddhist missionary to China who founded the Ch’an, or [[Zen]], sect of Buddhism in an effort to return the religion to the true spirit of [[Gautama]]’s teachings.		[6th century <small>A</small>.<small>D.</small>] An Indian Buddhist missionary to China who founded the Ch’an, or [[Zen]], sect of Buddhism in an effort to return the religion to the true spirit of [[Gautama]]’s teachings.

	Bodhidharma taught that the Buddha was not to be found in books or images but in the heart of man and that the way to achieve enlightenment was through meditation. He spent nine years in intense meditation in a cave in northern China and was described as having a fierce disposition, penetrating eyes, and an abrupt and direct manner. According to Buddhist lore, in a fit of anger at having fallen asleep during meditation Bodhidharma cut off his eyelids. His intensity of purpose was characteristic of Ch’an devotees, who would undergo any austerity in order to attain the highest enlightenment.		Bodhidharma taught that the Buddha was not to be found in books or images but in the heart of man and that the way to achieve enlightenment was through [[meditation]]. He spent nine years in intense meditation in a cave in northern China and was described as having a fierce disposition, penetrating eyes, and an abrupt and direct manner. According to Buddhist lore, in a fit of anger at having fallen asleep during meditation Bodhidharma cut off his eyelids. His intensity of purpose was characteristic of Ch’an devotees, who would undergo any austerity in order to attain the highest enlightenment.

	== Early life ==		== Early life ==

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	<blockquote>When Bodhidharma entered the court, the Emperor, after paying his proper respects, spoke to the Master thus: “For a long time I have used my own money to support many Buddhist temples and ordain many Buddhist monks and nuns. I have built schools for children and hospitals for the sick and ages, and aged. I have printed many Buddhist texts for free distribution to the people. I have done so many good things for Buddhism and for my people. Would you please tell me how much merit I will get?” Without a moment’s hesitation Bodhidharma answered: “No merit at all.”</blockquote>		<blockquote>When Bodhidharma entered the court, the Emperor, after paying his proper respects, spoke to the Master thus: “For a long time I have used my own money to support many Buddhist temples and ordain many Buddhist monks and nuns. I have built schools for children and hospitals for the sick and ages, and aged. I have printed many Buddhist texts for free distribution to the people. I have done so many good things for Buddhism and for my people. Would you please tell me how much merit I will get?” Without a moment’s hesitation Bodhidharma answered: “No merit at all.”</blockquote>

	<blockquote>The response struck the Emperor like a slap. The other masters had all taught him quite differently. “Do good,” they said, “and you will receive good; do bad and you will receive bad. Effects follow causes as shadows follow figures.” ~~But now the Emperor thought, “Though I have done many good things, this master says, ‘No merit at all.’”~~...</blockquote>		<blockquote>The response struck the Emperor like a slap. The other masters had all taught him quite differently. “Do good,” they said, “and you will receive good; do bad and you will receive bad. Effects follow causes as shadows follow figures.”...</blockquote>

	<blockquote>The Emperor then asked Bodhidharma another question: “Would you please tell me, what is the essence of Buddhism?” Short and sharp the answer came, “No essence at all.”</blockquote>		<blockquote>The Emperor then asked Bodhidharma another question: “Would you please tell me, what is the essence of Buddhism?” Short and sharp the answer came, “No essence at all.”</blockquote>
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	<blockquote>Meanwhile, left to himself, Bodhidharma thought: “This man is a Buddhist scholar, and yet even he could not understand. Perhaps conditions are not yet favorable enough for me to teach.” So he went to the Shao-Lin monastery in the state of Wei, sat cross-legged before a wall and entered into a deep state of meditation. He sat like this for nine years, waiting for conditions to ripen, waiting for someone to appear who would be capable of receiving the transmission of the wonderful Buddha Mind, that priceless treasure he had traveled all the way from India to China to transmit.<ref>Thich Thien-An, ''Zen Philosophy, Zen Practice'' (Emeryville, Calif.: Dharma Publishing, 1975) pp. 17–20.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>Meanwhile, left to himself, Bodhidharma thought: “This man is a Buddhist scholar, and yet even he could not understand. Perhaps conditions are not yet favorable enough for me to teach.” So he went to the Shao-Lin monastery in the state of Wei, sat cross-legged before a wall and entered into a deep state of meditation. He sat like this for nine years, waiting for conditions to ripen, waiting for someone to appear who would be capable of receiving the transmission of the wonderful Buddha Mind, that priceless treasure he had traveled all the way from India to China to transmit.<ref>Thich Thien-An, ''Zen Philosophy, Zen Practice'' (Emeryville, Calif.: Dharma Publishing, 1975) pp. 17–20.</ref></blockquote>

	The ~~Shao-Lin~~ temple later became famous for training monks in kung-fu, and Bodhidharma is honored as the founder of this martial art.		The Shaolin temple later became famous for training monks in kung fu, and Bodhidharma is honored as the founder of this martial art.

	[[File:Shaolin Mural.jpg\|thumb\|Bodhidharma spent nine years in meditation a mile from the Shaolin Monastery in China. This mural from the monastery shows the monks practicing kung-fu, a tradition said to have been founded by Bodhidharma himself.]]		[[File:Shaolin Mural.jpg\|thumb\|Bodhidharma spent nine years in meditation a mile from the Shaolin Monastery in China. This mural from the monastery shows the monks practicing kung fu, a tradition said to have been founded by Bodhidharma himself.]]

	== Meditation ==		== Meditation ==

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	The Shao-Lin temple later became famous for training monks in kung-fu, and Bodhidharma is honored as the founder of this martial art.		The Shao-Lin temple later became famous for training monks in kung-fu, and Bodhidharma is honored as the founder of this martial art.

	[[File:~~BodhidharmaYoshitoshi1887~~.jpg\|thumb\|~~upright=0~~.~~8\|alt=caption\|Bodhidharma~~, by ~~Yoshitoshi (1887)~~]]		[[File:Shaolin Mural.jpg\|thumb\|Bodhidharma spent nine years in meditation a mile from the Shaolin Monastery in China. This mural from the monastery shows the monks practicing kung-fu, a tradition said to have been founded by Bodhidharma himself.]]

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	<blockquote>A legend says that Bodhidharma once fell asleep in meditation and was so furious that he cut off his eyelids, and falling to the ground they arose as the first tea plant. Tea has thereafter supplied Zen monks with a protection against sleep.... Another legend holds that Bodhidharma sat so long in meditation that his legs fell off. Hence the delightful symbolism of those Japanese Daruma dolls which represent Bodhidharma as a legless roly-poly so weighted inside that he always stands up again when pushed over. A popular Japanese poem says of the Daruma doll, ..“Such is life— / Seven times down / Eight times up!”''<ref>Alan Watts, ''The Way of Zen'' (New York: Vintage Books, 1957), pp. 85–86.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>A legend says that Bodhidharma once fell asleep in meditation and was so furious that he cut off his eyelids, and falling to the ground they arose as the first tea plant. Tea has thereafter supplied Zen monks with a protection against sleep.... Another legend holds that Bodhidharma sat so long in meditation that his legs fell off. Hence the delightful symbolism of those Japanese Daruma dolls which represent Bodhidharma as a legless roly-poly so weighted inside that he always stands up again when pushed over. A popular Japanese poem says of the Daruma doll, ..“Such is life— / Seven times down / Eight times up!”''<ref>Alan Watts, ''The Way of Zen'' (New York: Vintage Books, 1957), pp. 85–86.</ref></blockquote>

			[[File:Founder of Shaolin Temple and Zen Buddhism - panoramio.jpg\|thumb\|Statue of Bodhidharma at the Shaolin Temple, China]]

	== Bodhidharma and Hui-k’o ==		== Bodhidharma and Hui-k’o ==
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	<blockquote>When he took the mind to be real, then the wandering mind disturbed him in his meditation. But now that he could not find that wandering mind, he realized the mind is no-mind, that nothing can be disturbed. And from that no-mind he realized the One-Mind.<ref>Ibid.</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>When he took the mind to be real, then the wandering mind disturbed him in his meditation. But now that he could not find that wandering mind, he realized the mind is no-mind, that nothing can be disturbed. And from that no-mind he realized the One-Mind.<ref>Ibid.</ref></blockquote>

			[[File:BodhidharmaYoshitoshi1887.jpg\|thumb\|upright=0.8\|alt=caption\|Bodhidharma, by Yoshitoshi (1887)]]

	== No-mind ==		== No-mind ==

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	[6th century <small>A.D.</small>] An Indian Buddhist missionary to China who founded the Ch’an, or [[Zen]], sect of Buddhism in an effort to return the religion to the true spirit of [[Gautama]]’s teachings.		[6th century <small>A</small>.<small>D.</small>] An Indian Buddhist missionary to China who founded the Ch’an, or [[Zen]], sect of Buddhism in an effort to return the religion to the true spirit of [[Gautama]]’s teachings.

	Bodhidharma taught that the Buddha was not to be found in books or images but in the heart of man and that the way to achieve enlightenment was through meditation. He spent nine years in intense meditation in a cave in northern China and was described as having a fierce disposition, penetrating eyes, and an abrupt and direct manner. According to Buddhist lore, in a fit of anger at having fallen asleep during meditation Bodhidharma cut off his eyelids. His intensity of purpose was characteristic of Ch’an devotees, who would undergo any austerity in order to attain the highest enlightenment.		Bodhidharma taught that the Buddha was not to be found in books or images but in the heart of man and that the way to achieve enlightenment was through meditation. He spent nine years in intense meditation in a cave in northern China and was described as having a fierce disposition, penetrating eyes, and an abrupt and direct manner. According to Buddhist lore, in a fit of anger at having fallen asleep during meditation Bodhidharma cut off his eyelids. His intensity of purpose was characteristic of Ch’an devotees, who would undergo any austerity in order to attain the highest enlightenment.
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	In a dictation given October 8, 1994, El Morya revealed that Bodhidharma was one of the incarnations of [[Lanello]]. He said:		In a dictation given October 8, 1994, El Morya revealed that Bodhidharma was one of the incarnations of [[Lanello]]. He said:

	: Lanello comes to you often with the terse comment or merely a look of his eyes.... I announce this so that you will understand what sort of Masters we are—Zen, terse, concise, humble, truly not making much of the ego of the self but embracing the cosmos and the great T’ai Chi.<ref>{{POWref\|37\|40}}</ref>		<blockquote>Lanello comes to you often with the terse comment or merely a look of his eyes.... I announce this so that you will understand what sort of Masters we are—Zen, terse, concise, humble, truly not making much of the ego of the self but embracing the cosmos and the great T’ai Chi.<ref>{{POWref\|37\|40}}</ref></blockquote>

	== Sources ==		== Sources ==

	{{~~POW~~}}~~, vol. 31, no. 77.~~		{{POWref\|31\|77}}

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	~~[[Category:Embodiments of Lanello]]~~

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	[6th century A.D.] An Indian Buddhist missionary to China who founded the Ch’an, or [[Zen]], sect of Buddhism in an effort to return the religion to the true spirit of [[~~Gautama Buddha\|~~Gautama]]’s teachings.		[[File:BodhidharmaYoshitoshi1887.jpg\|thumb\|upright=0.8\|alt=caption\|Bodhidharma, by Yoshitoshi (1887)]]

			[6th century <small>A.D.</small>] An Indian Buddhist missionary to China who founded the Ch’an, or [[Zen]], sect of Buddhism in an effort to return the religion to the true spirit of [[Gautama]]’s teachings.

	Bodhidharma taught that the Buddha was not to be found in books or images but in the heart of man and that the way to achieve enlightenment was through meditation. He spent nine years in intense meditation in a cave in northern China and was described as having a fierce disposition, penetrating eyes, and an abrupt and direct manner. According to Buddhist lore, in a fit of anger at having fallen asleep during meditation Bodhidharma cut off his eyelids. His intensity of purpose was characteristic of Ch’an devotees, who would undergo any austerity in order to attain the highest enlightenment.		Bodhidharma taught that the Buddha was not to be found in books or images but in the heart of man and that the way to achieve enlightenment was through meditation. He spent nine years in intense meditation in a cave in northern China and was described as having a fierce disposition, penetrating eyes, and an abrupt and direct manner. According to Buddhist lore, in a fit of anger at having fallen asleep during meditation Bodhidharma cut off his eyelids. His intensity of purpose was characteristic of Ch’an devotees, who would undergo any austerity in order to attain the highest enlightenment.

	In a dictation given October 8, 1994, El Morya revealed that Bodhidharma was one of the incarnations of Lanello. He said:		In a dictation given October 8, 1994, El Morya revealed that Bodhidharma was one of the incarnations of [[Lanello]]. He said:

	: Lanello comes to you often with the terse comment or merely a look of his eyes.... I announce this so that you will understand what sort of Masters we are—Zen, terse, concise, humble, truly not making much of the ego of the self but embracing the cosmos and the great T’ai Chi.<ref>{{~~POW~~}}~~, vol. 37, no. 40.~~</ref>		: Lanello comes to you often with the terse comment or merely a look of his eyes.... I announce this so that you will understand what sort of Masters we are—Zen, terse, concise, humble, truly not making much of the ego of the self but embracing the cosmos and the great T’ai Chi.<ref>{{POWref\|37\|40}}</ref>

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[6th century A.D.] An Indian Buddhist missionary to China who founded the Ch’an, or [[Zen]], sect of Buddhism in an effort to return the religion to the true spirit of [[Gautama Buddha|Gautama]]’s teachings.

Bodhidharma taught that the Buddha was not to be found in books or images but in the heart of man and that the way to achieve enlightenment was through meditation. He spent nine years in intense meditation in a cave in northern China and was described as having a fierce disposition, penetrating eyes, and an abrupt and direct manner. According to Buddhist lore, in a fit of anger at having fallen asleep during meditation Bodhidharma cut off his eyelids. His intensity of purpose was characteristic of Ch’an devotees, who would undergo any austerity in order to attain the highest enlightenment.

In a dictation given October 8, 1994, El Morya revealed that Bodhidharma was one of the incarnations of Lanello. He said:

: Lanello comes to you often with the terse comment or merely a look of his eyes.... I announce this so that you will understand what sort of Masters we are—Zen, terse, concise, humble, truly not making much of the ego of the self but embracing the cosmos and the great T’ai Chi.<ref>{{POW}}, vol. 37, no. 40.</ref>

== Sources ==

{{POW}}, vol. 31, no. 77.

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