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Motilal Banarsidass . Hardcover. New. This unique work is a pioneering attempt to unravel the mystery around Bodhidharma, the enigmatic founder of Chan (Zen) and Shaolin Kung-Fa. The two-volume research attempts a first of its kind comprehensive study on Bodhidharma's life and legend in both India and China-tracing his journey from a remote geographical location in the Southern part of India called Mt. Sailam, to the immensely popular Shaolin temple in Northern China. Volume 1 is devoted to a study on Bodhidharma's life in China. Contrary to the belief of certain modern scholarship that has reduced Bodhidharma to a mythical figure, the material presented first proves that historically, there lived a monk named Bodhidharma. The work then goes on to ascertain his role in importing, propagating, and essentially founding the culture of Chan (Zen) and Shaolin Kung-Fa. In a revolutionary effort, by drawing several parallels between the culture of Chan and Indian esoteric Buddhism, the study proves…
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Bodhidharma Retold: A Journey from Sailum to Shaolin, Vol. I Hardcover - 2017
by Acharya Babu T. Raghu (Author) & Sidharth Shanon (Ed.)
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- Title Bodhidharma Retold: A Journey from Sailum to Shaolin, Vol. I
- Author Acharya Babu T. Raghu (Author) & Sidharth Shanon (Ed.)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Publisher Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, India
- Date 2017
- ISBN 9788120841529
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Motilal Banarsidass . Hardcover. New. This unique work is a pioneering attempt to unravel the mystery around Bodhidharma, the enigmatic founder of Chan (Zen) and Shaolin Kung-Fa. The two-volume research attempts a first of its kind comprehensive study on Bodhidharma's life and legend in both India and China-tracing his journey from a remote geographical location in the Southern part of India called Mt. Sailam, to the immensely popular Shaolin temple in Northern China. Volume 1 is devoted to a study on Bodhidharma's life in China. Contrary to the belief of certain modern scholarship that has reduced Bodhidharma to a mythical figure, the material presented first proves that historically, there lived a monk named Bodhidharma. The work then goes on to ascertain his role in importing, propagating, and essentially founding the culture of Chan (Zen) and Shaolin Kung-Fa. In a revolutionary effort, by drawing several parallels between the culture of Chan and Indian esoteric Buddhism, the study proves…
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