Bodhidharma - "The Wake Up Sermon" - First Zen Patriarch - Zen Buddhism

Published 2021-04-08
Bodhidharma is considered the founder of Zen Buddhism in China and regarded as its first Chinese patriarch. He brought the Buddha's teachings to China from India in 520 AD. While much of his biography may be the stuff of legend and his historicity is still in question, numerous early records speak of him (or someone by the name of Bodhidharma) as a wise and compassionate monk. Whether or not he was ever a living person, the legend of Bodhidharma has made him as real in the Zen tradition as anyone else.

The full text of this teaching can be found here: www.awakenedearth.org/source-catalog
Translated by Red Pine.
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  • @chetdunham3434
    I have studied Buddhism in depth and practiced meditation for many years and always come back to Huang-po and Bodhidarma as the greatest summations for "what-it-is". Your public readings are a great gift to all of us. Thanks so much.
  • Outstanding! โ€œWhen thoughts arise, then do all things arise. When thoughts vanish, then do all things vanish.โ€ - Huang Po
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  • @OmarAhmed-jo1cf
    The Bodhidharma sermons are probably the most insightful and beautiful of all pointing .
  • I never heard anyone communicate like this speaker does. I love her pauses. It gives you time to absorb the message. Thanks to Bodhidharma also.
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    This body is at work, looking at the vast blue sky. Earburds plugged in ears. This soothing voice of Self (Buddha Mind). Pure peace. Pure joy. Pure gratitude...
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