What is in a Name? The Possibility of Identifying the Monk Damo as the Mentor of the First Known Self-Claimed Reincarnation of Maitreya in Medieval China
On the basis of a memorial inscription dedicated to an obscure foreign monk known to us only by a rather ordinary word, Damo 達摩 (Dharma), which was obviously a part of his name, this study attempts to reconstruct some traces of his life, and several key aspects of his image as was perceived by his c...
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| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
2015
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Studies in Chinese Religions
Year: 2015, Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Pages: 3-19 |
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Song, Toutuo ca. 6. Jh.
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/ Bodhidharma 470-543
/ Fu, Dashi 497-569, Shanhui dashi yulu
/ Daoxuan 596-667, Xu gao seng zhuan
/ Zen Buddhism
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| RelBib Classification: | BL Buddhism KBM Asia KCA Monasticism; religious orders TD Late Antiquity |
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Bodidharma
B Chan Buddhism B Mahasattva Fu B Damo B Sengfu B Song Toutuo |
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