Monday, November 7, 2011

Bodhidharma - Why was he forgotten ?

Bodhidharma, buzzword recently around India, including me, because of the film 7zham Arvivum (Seventh Sense), where Suriya acted as Bodhidharma, directed by A.R.Murugadoss. Bodhidharma was not totally forgotten in India, after watching the film, I started researching, why Indians did not remember him, why we lost him, is everything true told in the film?

  1. We did not forget Bodhidharma, Before this film was released, there were many reference in Indian sites which talk about Bodhidharma, Fact is he was less known in India.
  2. When we remember great Thiruvalluvar (2nd century BC - 8th century AD), why Bodhidharma (5th century AD) was forgotten ? Bodhidharma did not contribute to India, his education was in India, but his medical, defence, art talents were all to China, whereas Thirukural is classic of couplets by Thiruvalluvar.
  3. Did we loose only Bodhidharma ? No, Everyone knows about Siddhar Boganathar, we have him in many temples even now in South India. He is well known in China as, "Bo-Yang", "Lao-Tzu", founder of Taoism, he is frequent traveller to China to teach and spread his knowledge. 
  4. Why do we still remember Bogar? its because of his contributions to Indians. Lord Murugan Status in Palani, is to be made by Bogar himself. It is also said, that Bogar helped Engineers who built Lord Brihadeeswarar Temple with his ideas to lift tons of stone to a remarkable height.

I am not against the film, but the way it is projected, as if we forgot our ancestors, which is not the case. I agree that our skills, learning are all slowly lost in this modern world, but there exist a group which is still researching on this topic to bring them back, 7zham arivu is one milestone in bringing it back. After this film, Bodhidharma will only be known as a person born in Kanchipuram and left to China, but he wont be one reason to be proud of, because we are already proud to be Indian for lot more reasons.

20 minutes is not enough to talk about Bodhidharma, some strange facts about him

  • He lived for 150 Years
  • He was seen alive after 3 years of his death
  • He cut his eye-lid to stay awake during meditation
  • He practiced meditation for 9 continuous years facing a wall
  • He failed to make a favorable impression in southern china and then traveled to northern china

12 comments:

  1. you seem need more concrete evidence to proof Siddhar Boganathar is lao tzu

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  2. U know there is Akattiyar munivar temple in China..

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  3. friends, this post is my thoughts and what i learned from web. Proof that Bogar is known as Bo-Yang or Tao tzu can be found in

    http://palani.org/bhogar-biography.htm
    http://www.vaasiyogam.org/?p=9
    http://theyogaco.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=45&limit=1&limitstart=1
    http://bogarsiddhar.blogspot.com/2011/06/sri-bhoga-nathar-bogarbhogar.html

    Its purely from whwat I read from these blogs. Thanks for your comments. Good Day!!!

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    1. "Learned from web" is "Proof" . lol. my ass.

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    2. You want a video recording of Bogar converting to Lao Tsu? I have read books that seem to pretty convincingly explain why and how he went there, and there is the fact that no one actually knows where Lao Tsu came from or where he went, there are multiple stories (why don't u come up with proof of that?), but i do feel that it's useless to speculate who was who, centuries ago. It's like saying who is stronger, superman or Goku. (Goku of course, i know).

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  4. Hi bro, I think the movie is not talking about us forgetting our ancestors.... its worse then that.... we don't know about our history.... Bodhi Dharman is just one of the forgotten/ unknown ancestors.... Why, even you don't know about this till you researched about Bodhi Dharman only after watching the movie (same goes to me). Thanks to the director who rekindled every heart of the Tamilans to literally flood every webpage just to learn more about Bodhi Dharman. A.R.Murugadoss and Surya, U did a great job! Thank you

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  5. TN.Pattabiraman.
    Can anybody explain about life history of both Boganathar and Bhodidharma.Both of them visited china.

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  6. hi bro, it is true what ever said in 7am arivu.. because if u speak and write in tamil most of people think like a indecent.... that should be change. do not hesitate to speak in mother language..

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  7. He was forgotten because he never existed. There are myths and conjured up stories and there are historical persons. Both are different.

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    1. And in the movie, he died in the mose a$$holic way, by commiting suicide due to superstitious beliefs. Hardly a person worth remembering. Would I bother to remember the youth that immolated themselves for Telangana issue?

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    2. You douche, fucking pseudo-rational moron, u mean to say anyone who is forgotten never existed? The day you conduct a study of all human beings who ever lived on this planet, and find out he was not one of them (good luck with that) then open your mouth. I don't even know about the film and i don't care but what you are saying utter nonsense, and illogical.

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