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  1. 1. The mountain at the centre Song Shan 0:58
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  5. 5. Help in time Guangzhou 1:06

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  1. 6. The wall Song Shan · Luoyang 1:27
  2. 7. The snow Song Shan 1:11
  3. 8. The archer, the rooster and the knife Liezi · Zhuangzi 1:18

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  2. 10. The crossing Taishan · Hong Kong · São Paulo 1:12
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A monk before an emperor, the same monk standing on one reed over a white river, and a cave high on the mountain where, over a long silence, his shadow sinks into the rock.

六 · 壁 · Mind · 1:27

The wall

  1. Another monk came from the west: Damo. A book of 547 places him at the temples of Luoyang.

    History Wikipedia: BodhidharmaWikipedia: A record of Buddhist monasteries in Luoyang

  2. Tradition tells that Emperor Wu asked him how much merit his temples had earned him.

    Legend Wikipedia: Bodhidharmatreetopzencenter.org: 886

  3. “None,” said Damo. Then he crossed the great river standing on a single reed.

    Legend Wikipedia: Bodhidharmachinesenotes.com: 35520metmuseum.org: 73645

  4. The conversation was first written down in 952, four centuries later.

    History Wikipedia: Bodhidharma

  5. Tradition tells that he sat in a cave above Shaolin, facing a wall of stone.

    Legend Wikipedia: BodhidharmaWikipedia: Shaolin Monastery

  6. Nine years. Without speaking.

    Legend Wikipedia: Bodhidharma

  7. It is told that his shadow stayed printed on the stone.

    Legend faena.com: the-legend-of-bodhidharma-and-his-shadow-impressed-in-the-shaolin-cavesohu.com: 414249523 299181

  8. The early texts say “wall-gazing”. A wall of stone, or a mind as steady as one?

    History encyclopediaofbuddhism.org: Bodhidharmaprojects.mcah.columbia.edu: 4823terebess.hu: bodhidharma-eng