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THE ATLAS OF THE EMPTY THRONE

Bodhidharma

Bodhidharma
nature
The half-legendary monk who carried meditation practice from India to China and founded Chan. Emperor Wu asked what merit his temple-building had earned; Bodhidharma said no merit whatsoever, and walked north to sit facing a wall for nine years.

The hinge into East Asia, and the origin of Chan/Zen's refusal of scaffolding.
A special transmission outside the scriptures; not founded on words and letters.
rhymes with
sephirahgevurah
whyGevurah is severity and subtraction — a teaching that begins by telling an emperor his good works bought him nothing.
tags
bodhidharma · chan · zen · wall-gazing
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