Batuo
- There were two Indian Buddhist masters named Buddhabhadra in China during the 5th century CE. This article is about the Shaolin Abbot.
The Indian dhyana master Buddhabhadra (Chinese: 跋陀; pinyin: Bátuó) was the founding abbot and patriarch[1] of the Shaolin Temple.[2]
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.[3] 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. [4]
Batuo was the teacher of early Shaolin monks, including Sengchou and Huiguang. [5] Monastery records state Sengchou and Huiguang were two of Shaolin's first monks, both experts in martial arts. [6] The Taishō Tripiṭaka documents Sengchou's skill with the tin staff.
Notes
- ^ Faure, Bernard. Chan Insights and Oversights: an epistemological critique of the Chan tradition, Princeton University Press, 1993. ISBN 0-691029-02-4
- ^ The Founder Of Shaolinsi The founder of Shaolinsi
- ^ Kungfu History at EasternMartialArts.com
- ^ [1] Legacy of Shaolin Fighting Monks by Salvatore Canzonieri
- ^ 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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