Bodhidharma Sumi-E

[martysgotmail301]

does any one know about the fact that bodhidharma was an indian who was a son of a south indian pallava king. he got converted to buddhist and travelled to china and created the shaolin temple. he taught a famous south indian martial art called kalari to the chinese which they named it as kung fu... i thought that chinese were the founders of kung fu but now we know that they had learned from us . check wikipedia for "bodhidharma" & u would know the truth....

[dezmireanucristinac]

Thank you so much for your beautiful creations!!

[michaelis61]

Like your painting. he looks a little like a muppet, the cookie monster? from sesame street...

[TheKaraun]

INDIA THE MOTHER OF ALL CULTURES

[shybuttcute]

Sesshu´s version really shocked me. Face expression´s of yours is really good too, congrats ;)

[physkoz]

what type of paper do you use?

[Pintoleite3]

@physkoz

he's using a heavier paper, i think they are 80g each.

[ucntcit]

中国人禅宗！

[mfbrockis]

youre as skilled as Musashi-sama at sumi-e! ;)

[aiko4321]

I love this... I hv couple of Bodhidharma pictures in both my dojos.. Can u send this too? lol

Great work Kazu San... Gambatte Kudasai.. :)

[DragOzze]

you are like master of this art ;p

[ZENsontl]

is good, but you need more MU-SHIN, because has many spots

cool

[TaoOfTheFist]

@lafir the reason his eyes were so big is because, as legend goes, is because during his nine years of meditation on Songshan he cut off his eyelids. From the place where he threw his eyelids grew two tea bushes (again legend). So his eyes aren't bulging per se, just lidless.

[GraphitzGW]

that looks great o.O

[jokesita]

非常に良いしている

[thestudiio]

I love your depiction of Daruma -- its excellent. Would it be possible for me to download a hi res version of that image for my website? Thanks and keep up the good work =D

[ticklememonet]

As usual your painting is inspirational. I have not painted for quite some time, but watching you makes me want to try again. thank you.

[zetzori]

wow i love your art too ^^, i just draw mine with pencil =(

[zezinhoctba]

Bodhidarma was a Monk Indian was go to the Japan in a Ancient Age for the preach de Budhism Zen. Or he was the founder of this school...

[thestudiio]

Bodhi Dharma is known as Daruma in Japan and Damo in China. He is the founder of Zen Buddhism and Shaolin Kung Fu and therefore the patron saint of all martial arts. His picture is hung in dojos all over the world and Japanese carry Daruma dolls in his honor. Although he is from India he is a global icon who many theologians believe walked on water and rose from the dead centuries before Christ. He has piercing blue eyes and was of Indian royalty. Bless his great soul.

[ghostexorcist]

There is no historical evidence that he created Shaolin Martial arts. Martial arts existed in China well before the building of the Shaolin monastery. Other countries have their own forms of martial arts as well. So, the statement that he was "the patron saint of all martial arts" is incorrect.

[cuvtixo]

@ghostexorcist The Shaolin Monastery itself credits Bodhidharma with the introduction of martial arts there, and notice the difference between the phrase "patron saint" as opposed to "inventor." And certainly the martial arts of China (then Japan) dominates the modern world. It is certainly correct to say he was patron saint of all martial arts.

[ghostexorcist]

@cuvtixo Shaolin attributed their martial strength and military prowess to the Bodhisattva Vajrapani as far back as the 9th century and as recently as the early 20th century (over 1000 years). Shaolin has only considered Damo to be the creator of their arts for a few decades. The first source to actually connect Damo to martial arts comes from the 1920s, and it was written outside the monastery in a satirical novel. So, only this generation of Shaolin considers him to be the creator ...

[ghostexorcist]

@cuvtixo ... And calling him the "patron saint of all martial arts" is not valid either because countries all over the world have their own combat systems. Not all martial arts emanate from the east, they are ingrained in every culture due to war. Pictures of boxing and wrestling appear on Egyptian Wall carvings. The Greeks had Pankration. The Medieval German school of fencing also had its own form of joint-locks. Attributing the martial arts to Damo is just a "fad" at this point in history.

[cuvtixo]

@ghostexorcist 無 MU!

[ghostexorcist]

@cuvtixo Correction, the novel was published in a magazine serial from 1904-1907, not in the 1920s.

[cuvtixo]

@ghostexorcist  无 (Wu)

[ghostexorcist]

@cuvtixo 能

[cuvtixo]

@ghostexorcist 摇滚乐!

[kijikis]

I love you art.

[jenacorn]

Lovely painting. I really appreciate it when you show the prep work on the side as well as your painting.

Tag is a game played in the USA. One person is "it" and they chase the other players around. When a chased player gets tagged (touched) by the "it" player, the tagged player becomes "it" and the chasing continues. Every game can have slight variations and conditions added, but that is the bare bones of the game.

[kazushimura]

thanks!

so the game I mentioned is not "tag".... I remember Stephen King's novel called "it". and I played tag. the same rule as the USA.

anyway, dahrma-san is familiar with kids here, but the image I have to him is not like what he was.

[OckGal]

That's scary! I watched "It" today AND Stephen King showed up in my dream this morning.

[kazushimura]

wow, that's real syncronicity?

[OckGal]

I only just finished watching it today. Yesterday (the day between your replies), I was watching something else. So you replied both days I was watching it, hehe!

[OckGal]

That looks amazing!

[kazushimura]

thanks OckGal, and how have you been?

[OckGal]

Not bad. Hot now that Summer is on its way.

[rocknwithMCR]

i love the detail you put into your drawings

wonderful job

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