Zen the Literary Movement

[LastLegend]

How do you squeeze Bodhidharma and his lineage into all of this?

The first account of Bodhidharma has him as a Persian. The following account has him as an Indian.

I'm sure there was a Bodhidharma, but as to the details of his life and legacy, you have to look at the literature for that, and the factuality of it is in debatable.

Is he considered a literary movement also?

[Indrajala]

How do you squeeze Bodhidharma and his lineage into all of this?

The first account of Bodhidharma has him as a Persian. The following account has him as an Indian.

I'm sure there was a Bodhidharma, but as to the details of his life and legacy, you have to look at the literature for that, and the factuality of it is in debatable.

Is he considered a literary movement also?

He is a literary figure.

[LastLegend]

He is a literary figure.

Hui Neng too?

[Indrajala]

He is a literary figure.

Hui Neng too?

I'm not saying they didn't exist, just that in probability their hagiographies were stretched a considerable amount.

[LastLegend]

He is a literary figure.

Hui Neng too?

I'm not saying they didn't exist, just that in probability their hagiographies were stretched a considerable amount.

You still think Zen is a literary movement?

[Indrajala]

You still think Zen is a literary movement?

I think it was and is largely a literary movement.

[Lazy_eye]

You still think Zen is a literary movement?

I think it was and is largely a literary movement.

And a very significant one at that! Hard to imagine Chinese literature without it.