That student demonstrated his zeal for becoming this man's disciple by slicing off one of his arms, and was named Hui'k-o.
According to one story, this figure told a parrot to lie down and close its eyes in order to escape its cage. In Japanese folklore, tumbler dolls depicting this figure are thought to bring good luck. This figure was poisoned six times by Bodhiruci and the Vinaya Master. According to another story, after this figure asked his four students to express their understanding, he told the three students who spoke that they attained his skin, flesh, and bones, and told the student who remained silent that "you have attained my marrow." That student demonstrated his zeal for becoming this man's disciple by slicing off one of his arms, and was named Hui'k-o. This figure is traditionally depicted with bulging eyes because he cut off his eyelids during meditation, and he is traditionally regarded as the founder of Shaolin Kung Fu. His teachings are recorded in the Treatise on the Two Entrances and Four Practices, and he was the disciple of Prajñ?dhara, making him the twenty-eighth patriarch of Buddhism. Born in the fifth or sixth century in southern ? India, for 10 points, name this monk who traveled to China and founded Zen Buddhism.
According to one story, this figure told a parrot to lie down and close its eyes in order to escape its cage.
{Bodhidharma} [or {Dharmatr?ta}]