每日禅卡：达摩祖师

菩提达摩是南北朝禅僧，略称达摩或达磨，据《续高僧传》记述，南天竺人，属婆罗门种姓，通彻大乘佛法，为修习禅定者所推崇。北魏时，曾在洛阳、嵩山等地传授禅教。当时对他所传的禅法褒贬不一，约当魏末入寂于洛滨。据《景德传灯录》在民间常称其为达摩祖师，即禅宗的创始人。

Bodhidharma was a Buddhist monk who lived during the 5th or 6th century CE. He is traditionally credited as the transmitter of Ch'an (Sanskrit: Dhyāna, Korean: Seon, Japanese: Zen) to China, and regarded as its first Chinese patriarch. According to Chinese legend, he also began the physical training of the Shaolin monks that led to the creation of Shaolinquan.