禪宗西天第二十八祖。南朝時，泛海至廣州番禺，梁武帝遣使虔誠禮請師至金陵。師與武帝對答，語不相契，知弘法機緣尚未成熟，遂渡江至嵩山少林寺，面壁坐禪，時人不解其意，稱為壁觀婆羅門。九年之後，達摩終於等到相契之人慧可，因此付予衣法和四卷《楞伽經》。傳法時，師說一偈：「吾本來茲土，傳法度迷情；一花開五葉，結果自然成。」此後禪門法脈代代相傳，師因此被尊為中國禪宗初祖。

According to the Chinese Chan School, Bodhidharma was the 28th Patriarch of the Indian lineage. During the Southern Dynasties, he traveled across the sea to Guangzhou and was invited to Jinling by Emperor Wu of the Liang Dynasty. After conversing with the Emperor, Bodhidharma sensed that the time was not ripe to propagate the Dharma. He crossed the river and arrived at Shaolin Monastery in Songshan. There he meditated facing a wall. Those who did not understand his behavior called him the Wall-Gazing Brahmin. This continued for nine years until the arrival of Huike, who grasped his teachings. Thus, Bodhidharma passed the robe of Dharma succession and the Lankavatara Sutra to Huike, saying, “I came here to spread the Dharma and liberate the deluded, a flower with five petals will bloom and bear fruit naturally.” Since then the Chan teachings were transmitted generation after generation, and Bodhidharma became known as the First Patriarch of the Chinese Chan School.

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