Bodhidharma’s story is full of mystery and inspiration-what part of his legendary journey resonates most with you? Is it his nine years of meditation, the creation of Kung Fu, or his mysterious disappearance? 🤔 Share your thoughts in the comments below! Let’s dive into the story together-don’t forget to like this video, subscribe for more incredible tales, and hit the notification bell so you never miss a moment of wisdom. 🧘♂✨
My interest in your podcast ended when you erroneously claim that Bodhidharma brought Kung Fu to China. It is not only foolish but laughable for you to mislead others of this fallacy perpetrated by arrogant & chauvinistic Indian nationalist. 😆
In Malaysia there is a Billionaire son, became a Buddhist Monk in Thailand. He can have all the luxury in this world. But he chose the path of Buddhism.❤
TQ for the wonderful narration. It’s correctly and accurately described; “Where was he going is not important?” Where you are going is much more important…!!! Whether his story is true or pure legendary is also not important. Whether that story will transform you is much more relevant. TQ, TQ and TQ…!!!🎉🎉🎉
Holy smokes that was a good video. The information was great and the artwork... the artwork was amazing! Thank you for doing what you do. You make a difference.
Thank you for covering this story. Most people don't know about Bodhidharman and how deep the impact of Ancient India was on literally the entire world. Chinese Kungfu was taught to them by an Indian Monk...Sounds surprising but its true. Also the now famous Muay Thai, Thai Massage also originate from India. India really was the teacher of the world in ancient times.
Great video, the only issue is the historical accuracy. The Chinese stated that Bodhidharma came from the western regions, while is could be the Indian subcontinent, it could also be the central asian steppe lands. And judging by his description, wide eyed, big nose, blue eyes and ill tempered, these are all the characteristics of the Central asian warrior, although we know that India has had many migrations/invasions from this region of the world. Bodhidharma's first language was likely one of the many Eastern Iranian languages (such as Sogdian or Bactrian), that were commonly spoken in most of Central Asia during his lifetime and, in using the more specific term "Persian", Xuànzhī likely erred. As Jorgensen has pointed out, the Sassanian realm contemporary to Bodhidharma was not Buddhist. Johnston supposes that Yáng Xuànzhī mistook the name of the south-Indian Pallava dynasty for the name of the Sassanian Pahlavi dynasty;[18] however, Persian Buddhists did exist within the Sassanian realm, particularly in the formerly Greco-Buddhist era.
The hendu fanatics of hendutva,rss and bjp are trying to rewrite the history and are inventing a lot of history to fit their agenda,martial arts were practiced in China long brfore Buddhism came to China ,in fact in every corner of the World there where humans lived they has martial arts but those hendu fanatics are spreading without any evidence that all the martial arts are coming from endia as they also trying to spread the lie that sanskrit is the mother of all languages ,I am sorry but they are such pathetic and annoying losers...
I was wondering if anyone else picked up on that?? Dude said he stared at a wall for 9 years his legs atrophied and quit working.. then he stood up after 9 years?!?.. this is not the first time I've heard of old Bodie... But it is the first time I've heard some of these stories😂💯
I teach martial arts and I can assure you that if you were sitting for nine years there is absolutely no physical way possible you would ever be able to do the muscle tendon changing classic. Chinese mythology is full of riddles. While I love their stories, I think we must take most of them with a grain of salt. This was a great presentation. Thank you for posting and sharing..
Bodhidharma did bring Zen Buddhism to China, that is true but there is no evidence that he knew martial arts. In fact there is quite a lot of evidence that he did not have anything to do with martial arts. The idea of Bodhidharma knowing or teaching Kung Fu came from a Ming dynasty book of Qigong where the author needed to attribute the practice to a higher authority. He fabricated a story about Shaolin monks finding a scroll in his cave of the Qigong practice. Chinese Kung Fu predates Bodhidharma and predates even the Shaolin temple by centuries. Chinese goes back at least 5000 years which even predates the first contact between China and India by many centuries. Many actual scholars have researched this and have documented from records of the time of Bodhidharma and have concluded that idea of teaching Kung Fu was nothing more than a marketing tool by the author of the Qigong manual to sell books. Sources: The Shaolin Monastery: History, Religion, and the Chinese Martial Arts - September 30, 2008 by Meir Shahar, Tracking Bodhidharma: A Journey to the Heart of Chinese Culture - June 11, 2013 by Andy Ferguson, Spring Autumn: The Spring and Autumn of Chinese Martial Arts - 5000 Years - January 1, 1995 by Kang GEWU
Grateful for this connection and the law of attraction that brought us here. May your life be filled with abundant blessings and the peaceful guidance of the Buddha. 🙏💫
There was also famous ancient Buddhist Teacher - Nagarjuna...He was the father of Chemistry and it is said that he actually found the formula to turn base metals into Gold (which is now lost).
How true religion should be. Words in holy scriptures , artworks of Gods & saints are all pointers to the divine. But they are not the divine itself. The divine is not something to be understood in the mind. But to be experienced and felt with the heart.
He had his own awakening... And set off on his journey to show us the The Way... If you really think about it with him we would be having this conversation
I know 1 thing, Zesus was not christian, Budha was not bhudhist, Bodidharma was not a zen monk, His greedy followers make these organisations which we see today, who only want a empire, These great people will come in future also, just don't kill them. And by the way i m from India And these words are for some specific religion, who had killed crores of people just in the name of religion.
This story feels more legends than truth..I have never seen anyone in india with blue eyes, this is trait of Europeans or central asia. May be he got some genetic defects...how did he taught kunfu with dead legs ? why did king let him go for such rude behaviors?😂
Hope Westerners never find out that Bodhidharma, the blue-eyed South Indian prince who traveled to China and taught them kung fu, actually existed. They’d probably start claiming him too.
Bhodidarma introduced physical exercise to monks not Kung Fu. The Daoists were already using it. Also how many Indian’s, especially south Indian’s have you seen with blue eyes? Aldo why are his early years so much like Buddha’s. Weren’t their father’s tribal leaders, rather than Kings? I’m pretty sure that India’s Emperor/King may have had something to say about it. 👀
He didn't found Zen. It's a concept that existed before the Buddha. He didn't teach Kung Fu. Even according to the stories he taught meditation and Yoga. He probably didn't exist. It's a myth.
The Chinese are not the sort of people to attribute the foundation on one of their major religions to a "blue eyed barbarian" without some basis in fact.
@@Liminal_Life Do you seriously consider TH-cam videos to be a substitute for extensive research? Here’s a quote from Omori Sogen Roshi’s “Classic Rinzai Zen Manual:” _Introduction to Zen Training_ : “the founding patriarch of Zen, Bodhidharma, was called a “blue-eyed barbarian monk” Nobody is going to keep saying this for fifteen hundred years without a long lineage of references!
Are you into Anime? Or into a being yogin? The video is nice, but not as I remember one of my past lives. One is what you write history, and one is what you will do while understanding Damma and becoming Enlightened beings or Buddhas.
Bodhidharma wasn't the founder of Kung Fu nor Shaolin Kung Fu. This has already been debunked. Kung Fu is an emergent product of the culture and is as old as Chinese history going back thousands of years before Buddhism entered China. Kung Fu was already present at the Shaolin Temple since it was built before the arrival of Bodhidharma. It was common for Buddhist monks and nuns not only to practice Buddhism but also martial arts. The idea of associating Bodhidharma with Kung Fu came from when a Qi Gong manual was written in the 16th(?) century and the actual author deceived by having Bodhidharma written to be the author.
You Donkey, he didn’t create all Kung fu. He developed some Chi Kung exercises that have been adopted by and supply the foundations. It shouldn’t be taken literally
This is fake he was not the teacher, kung fu in temples started 2,000 years before this person and he was just a political person who wanted to be a leader and challenged the emperor of China and he came from India; he tried removing the leaders of shaolin temples. The breathing technique came from standard chi form later qi gong.
@ i know Bodhidharma is not GautamaBudhha, but he mentioned in the video that GautamaBudhha was also born in India before Bodidharma. Watch the video from 3.24 minutes passed 3.40 minutes where he mentioned that there was an another Indian prince 1000 years before Bodhidharma who become Buddha
Thank you for pointing that out-this is an important distinction. Siddhartha Gautama, who later became the Buddha, was born in Lumbini, which is in present-day Nepal, not India. Key Details: Historical Context: During the Buddha’s time (circa 5th-4th century BCE), the region did not have modern national boundaries like Nepal or India. Lumbini was part of the ancient kingdom of Shakya, with Kapilavastu (the capital) nearby. This kingdom was situated in the Himalayan foothills, overlapping parts of present-day Nepal and India. Modern-Day Nepal: Today, Lumbini is in Nepal and is recognized as the Buddha’s birthplace by historical and archaeological evidence. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a major pilgrimage destination for Buddhists. Cultural Influence: While the Buddha was born in present-day Nepal, most of his teaching and enlightenment journey occurred in areas that are now part of India. Cities like Bodh Gaya (where he attained enlightenment), Sarnath (where he gave his first discourse), and Kushinagar (where he passed away) are in modern-day India. Both countries, Nepal and India, celebrate the Buddha’s life and teachings as a shared heritage, though Nepal takes particular pride in being his birthplace. Would you like more details about Lumbini or the Buddha's early life?
You got it wrong. Research again. This is a propaganda. Chinese been fighting before this great teacher was even here. He, I would say brought the breathing techniques that was incorporated into Chinese fighting, which most people now forgot. Thank you for your work.
Yes. The bone breathing and tendon strengthening treatise are still practiced in Shaolin. More likely he taught yogic exercises that can still be seen in kalari.
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Bodhidharma’s story is full of mystery and inspiration-what part of his legendary journey resonates most with you? Is it his nine years of meditation, the creation of Kung Fu, or his mysterious disappearance? 🤔 Share your thoughts in the comments below! Let’s dive into the story together-don’t forget to like this video, subscribe for more incredible tales, and hit the notification bell so you never miss a moment of wisdom. 🧘♂✨
later Dogen will undrstand my teachings and bring it to Japan
Body od Rainbow is the yoga of inner heat and transition of conciseness the Eons. But this is my last reincarnation, until Satya Yuga.
My interest in your podcast ended when you erroneously claim that Bodhidharma brought Kung Fu to China. It is not only foolish but laughable for you to mislead others of this fallacy perpetrated by arrogant & chauvinistic Indian nationalist. 😆
I know a great deal of his mystery and teachings! It’s a way of life!
*Truth isn't found in books or beliefs, but in direct experience.*
what if my experience differs from yours? which one is true?
@@transcendentalarts5942 you're on the path. Keep thinking!
@@transcendentalarts5942 It's all about how you interpret your experience. That's where truth comes from.
No Mind
Heck yeah
In Malaysia there is a Billionaire son, became a Buddhist Monk in Thailand. He can have all the luxury in this world. But he chose the path of Buddhism.❤
He lost his legs and then taught Kung Fu? Need some clarity on that one. Thanks for the video
Non-dualism is the origin of Zen Buddhism.
TQ for the wonderful narration. It’s correctly and accurately described; “Where was he going is not important?” Where you are going is much more important…!!! Whether his story is true or pure legendary is also not important. Whether that story will transform you is much more relevant. TQ, TQ and TQ…!!!🎉🎉🎉
Holy smokes that was a good video. The information was great and the artwork... the artwork was amazing! Thank you for doing what you do. You make a difference.
Thank you for covering this story.
Most people don't know about Bodhidharman and how deep the impact of Ancient India was on literally the entire world.
Chinese Kungfu was taught to them by an Indian Monk...Sounds surprising but its true.
Also the now famous Muay Thai, Thai Massage also originate from India.
India really was the teacher of the world in ancient times.
The blue eyed Persians who ruled India, became the Buddha, the yellow Emperor and Genghis Kahn left a lasting legacy.
Great video, the only issue is the historical accuracy. The Chinese stated that Bodhidharma came from the western regions, while is could be the Indian subcontinent, it could also be the central asian steppe lands. And judging by his description, wide eyed, big nose, blue eyes and ill tempered, these are all the characteristics of the Central asian warrior, although we know that India has had many migrations/invasions from this region of the world.
Bodhidharma's first language was likely one of the many Eastern Iranian languages (such as Sogdian or Bactrian), that were commonly spoken in most of Central Asia during his lifetime and, in using the more specific term "Persian", Xuànzhī likely erred. As Jorgensen has pointed out, the Sassanian realm contemporary to Bodhidharma was not Buddhist. Johnston supposes that Yáng Xuànzhī mistook the name of the south-Indian Pallava dynasty for the name of the Sassanian Pahlavi dynasty;[18] however, Persian Buddhists did exist within the Sassanian realm, particularly in the formerly Greco-Buddhist era.
I agree with you and have come across that same information you just shared. Thank you.
The hendu fanatics of hendutva,rss and bjp are trying to rewrite the history and are inventing a lot of history to fit their agenda,martial arts were practiced in China long brfore Buddhism came to China ,in fact in every corner of the World there where humans lived they has martial arts but those hendu fanatics are spreading without any evidence that all the martial arts are coming from endia as they also trying to spread the lie that sanskrit is the mother of all languages ,I am sorry but they are such pathetic and annoying losers...
Bodhidharma was from present day TamilNadu.
Did bodhidarma create and teach Kung fu after he lost the use of his legs from 9 years of staring at the wall?
I was wondering if anyone else picked up on that?? Dude said he stared at a wall for 9 years his legs atrophied and quit working.. then he stood up after 9 years?!?.. this is not the first time I've heard of old Bodie... But it is the first time I've heard some of these stories😂💯
Bodhidharma was a semi-legendary Buddhist monk who lived during the 5th or 6th century CE.
This is such a thoughtful comment. It makes me appreciate the video even more.
I teach martial arts and I can assure you that if you were sitting for nine years there is absolutely no physical way possible you would ever be able to do the muscle tendon changing classic. Chinese mythology is full of riddles. While I love their stories, I think we must take most of them with a grain of salt. This was a great presentation. Thank you for posting and sharing..
I’m sure he got up once in a while to stretch his legs out, have a drink and go get a vegetable or two. Then it was probably back to meditating 🧘♂️ 😂
All the great ones have no end...bodhidharma,gurunanakji,adishankaracharyaetc
Chan which led to zero through Dogen became zen
Chan is alive & well in Taiwan and throughout the world.
I recommend all of Master Sheng Yen's books, but especially _The Method of No Method_
You’d truly be surprised to know how I got to be very familiar with your story more than 50 years ago. Just ask Krishna 🙏🏾🧘🏾🙏🏾
At 12:00, this video really helps me understand more about meditation and how it can help face life's challenges
Awesome production
Bodhidharma did bring Zen Buddhism to China, that is true but there is no evidence that he knew martial arts. In fact there is quite a lot of evidence that he did not have anything to do with martial arts. The idea of Bodhidharma knowing or teaching Kung Fu came from a Ming dynasty book of Qigong where the author needed to attribute the practice to a higher authority. He fabricated a story about Shaolin monks finding a scroll in his cave of the Qigong practice. Chinese Kung Fu predates Bodhidharma and predates even the Shaolin temple by centuries. Chinese goes back at least 5000 years which even predates the first contact between China and India by many centuries. Many actual scholars have researched this and have documented from records of the time of Bodhidharma and have concluded that idea of teaching Kung Fu was nothing more than a marketing tool by the author of the Qigong manual to sell books. Sources: The Shaolin Monastery: History, Religion, and the Chinese Martial Arts - September 30, 2008 by Meir Shahar, Tracking Bodhidharma: A Journey to the Heart of Chinese Culture - June 11, 2013 by Andy Ferguson, Spring Autumn: The Spring and Autumn of Chinese Martial Arts - 5000 Years - January 1, 1995 by Kang GEWU
Another great video. I highly recommend this film from S. Korea that came out in 1989.
Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?
because, my teacher sad so in the vision
You deserve a million subscribers ..... Thanks for the good video..
Grateful for this connection and the law of attraction that brought us here. May your life be filled with abundant blessings and the peaceful guidance of the Buddha. 🙏💫
Another legend tells of him fleeing to Dagobah
A wall has many stories to tell for those who wish to see
There was also famous ancient Buddhist Teacher - Nagarjuna...He was the father of Chemistry and it is said that he actually found the formula to turn base metals into Gold (which is now lost).
How true religion should be. Words in holy scriptures , artworks of Gods & saints are all pointers to the divine. But they are not the divine itself. The divine is not something to be understood in the mind. But to be experienced and felt with the heart.
He had his own awakening... And set off on his journey to show us the The Way... If you really think about it with him we would be having this conversation
He just a prophet in his time. Success is only in the prophetic traditions.
Reality check: He must have had toilet and meal breaks. [He was not staring at the wall.]
super dedicated servants
According to me, sixth time Bodhidharma got escaped from posoning being poisoned because why we'll be able to see him again.
Exactly when did his legs atrophy and he lost them if after 9 years he was able to stand up as is said in this video?
His legs atraphied then he stood up😮
Nice story, but Bodhidharma created chi kung and from there the shaolin monks created kung fu
I know 1 thing,
Zesus was not christian,
Budha was not bhudhist,
Bodidharma was not a zen monk,
His greedy followers make these organisations which we see today, who only want a empire,
These great people will come in future also, just don't kill them.
And by the way i m from India
And these words are for some specific religion, who had killed crores of people just in the name of religion.
Religion is poison
You did not present the interaction between the Emporer and Bodhidrham correctly. Please change the video. It is a very important teaching.
This is the common story (I watch enough of these things), but I’d love to see what you have learned
This story feels more legends than truth..I have never seen anyone in india with blue eyes, this is trait of Europeans or central asia. May be he got some genetic defects...how did he taught kunfu with dead legs ? why did king let him go for such rude behaviors?😂
Hope Westerners never find out that Bodhidharma, the blue-eyed South Indian prince who traveled to China and taught them kung fu, actually existed.
They’d probably start claiming him too.
chinese are declining
he was a prince ksatriya he knew maritial arts from india kalari😊
All martial arts in the world are from Bodhidharma Tamil Kanchipuram Pallava Dynasty
Awesome, fucking awesome
Bhodidarma introduced physical exercise to monks not Kung Fu. The Daoists were already using it. Also how many Indian’s, especially south Indian’s have you seen with blue eyes? Aldo why are his early years so much like Buddha’s. Weren’t their father’s tribal leaders, rather than Kings? I’m pretty sure that India’s Emperor/King may have had something to say about it. 👀
Well well well.. you almost made a fantasy story 😊
So the emporrer who he insulted made him go to the small temple of sick monks to stare at a wall for 9 years till he couldnt walk no more?
Forgotten the sea route
green eyes
He might have taken kalaripayat to China but the Chinese developed it
Is it relevant? What the story
is regarding the single sandal.
I think not.
G 🦋☯️
He didn't found Zen. It's a concept that existed before the Buddha.
He didn't teach Kung Fu.
Even according to the stories he taught meditation and Yoga.
He probably didn't exist.
It's a myth.
The Chinese are not the sort of people to attribute the foundation on one of their major religions to a "blue eyed barbarian" without some basis in fact.
@JimTempleman Research before making a statement based on your "feelings".
People have even made videos about this, so it's pretty easy to find.
I agree.
@@Liminal_Life Do you seriously consider TH-cam videos to be a substitute for extensive research?
Here’s a quote from Omori Sogen Roshi’s “Classic Rinzai Zen Manual:” _Introduction to Zen Training_ :
“the founding patriarch of Zen, Bodhidharma, was called a “blue-eyed barbarian monk”
Nobody is going to keep saying this for fifteen hundred years without a long lineage of references!
@@JimTempleman
But now you’ve got me lookin’ for the obligatory “… was Chinese” 😆
Are you into Anime? Or into a being yogin? The video is nice, but not as I remember one of my past lives. One is what you write history, and one is what you will do while understanding Damma and becoming Enlightened beings or Buddhas.
What the hell? How does Batmans cave factor into his orgin story...that came after... his orgin story is his parents were killed..
Bodhidharma wasn't the founder of Kung Fu nor Shaolin Kung Fu. This has already been debunked. Kung Fu is an emergent product of the culture and is as old as Chinese history going back thousands of years before Buddhism entered China. Kung Fu was already present at the Shaolin Temple since it was built before the arrival of Bodhidharma. It was common for Buddhist monks and nuns not only to practice Buddhism but also martial arts. The idea of associating Bodhidharma with Kung Fu came from when a Qi Gong manual was written in the 16th(?) century and the actual author deceived by having Bodhidharma written to be the author.
You Donkey, he didn’t create all Kung fu. He developed some Chi Kung exercises that have been adopted by and supply the foundations. It shouldn’t be taken literally
This is fake he was not the teacher, kung fu in temples started 2,000 years before this person and he was just a political person who wanted to be a leader and challenged the emperor of China and he came from India; he tried removing the leaders of shaolin temples.
The breathing technique came from standard chi form later qi gong.
What are your sources
@@maitreyafirebird2765can you see any resemblance of kalari in other martial arts outside of India? That's all the proof required.
Bodhidharma did not create kung fu, martial arts already existed in China.
I think you better need to clarify that Buddha was born in Nepal not in India.
Bodhidharma is not Gautama Buddha.
@ i know Bodhidharma is not GautamaBudhha, but he mentioned in the video that GautamaBudhha was also born in India before Bodidharma. Watch the video from 3.24 minutes passed 3.40 minutes where he mentioned that there was an another Indian prince 1000 years before Bodhidharma who become Buddha
@twosiblings143 Sorry, I didn't catch that. Thanks for explaining.
@@phillipadams4691 no problem,
Thank you for pointing that out-this is an important distinction. Siddhartha Gautama, who later became the Buddha, was born in Lumbini, which is in present-day Nepal, not India.
Key Details:
Historical Context:
During the Buddha’s time (circa 5th-4th century BCE), the region did not have modern national boundaries like Nepal or India. Lumbini was part of the ancient kingdom of Shakya, with Kapilavastu (the capital) nearby. This kingdom was situated in the Himalayan foothills, overlapping parts of present-day Nepal and India.
Modern-Day Nepal:
Today, Lumbini is in Nepal and is recognized as the Buddha’s birthplace by historical and archaeological evidence. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a major pilgrimage destination for Buddhists.
Cultural Influence:
While the Buddha was born in present-day Nepal, most of his teaching and enlightenment journey occurred in areas that are now part of India. Cities like Bodh Gaya (where he attained enlightenment), Sarnath (where he gave his first discourse), and Kushinagar (where he passed away) are in modern-day India.
Both countries, Nepal and India, celebrate the Buddha’s life and teachings as a shared heritage, though Nepal takes particular pride in being his birthplace.
Would you like more details about Lumbini or the Buddha's early life?
Why did I came
You got it wrong. Research again. This is a propaganda. Chinese been fighting before this great teacher was even here. He, I would say brought the breathing techniques that was incorporated into Chinese fighting, which most people now forgot. Thank you for your work.
Yes. The bone breathing and tendon strengthening treatise are still practiced in Shaolin. More likely he taught yogic exercises that can still be seen in kalari.
Is it really true that bodhidharma was a buddhist or was a charlatan like any other guru coming from India?
Mahayana Buddhist
Bathroom breaks?
You are going no where
Haha blue eye thing again ????? These pinks can’t stop racism
Bodhidharma is John Wick