Prajnatara- Buddhist HeroHero"Twenty-seventh Indian Patriarch"
Also known as: Prajñātāra, Prajñādhara, and 般若多羅
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Titles & Epithets
Twenty-seventh Indian Patriarch
Description
Before he died, Prajnatara told his student Bodhidharma to cross the sea and carry the dharma east to China. That instruction sent the lineage across an ocean and planted Chan Buddhism in new soil, making this twenty-seventh patriarch the hinge between India and East Asia.
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