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PHILOSOPHER

Bodhidharma

483 - 540

Bodhidharma

Bodhidharma was a semi-legendary Buddhist monk who lived during the 5th or 6th century CE. He is traditionally credited as the transmitter of Chan Buddhism to China, and regarded as its first Chinese patriarch. According to a 17th-century apocryphal story found in a manual called Yijin Jing, he began the physical training of the monks of Shaolin Monastery that led to the creation of Shaolin kungfu. He is known as Dámó in China and as Daruma in Japan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bodhidharma has received more than 5,222,287 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia. Bodhidharma is the 117th most popular philosopher (up from 157th in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from India (up from 22nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Indian Philosopher.

Bodhidharma is most famous for being the founder of the Zen school of Buddhism.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Bodhidharma ranks 117 out of 1,081. Before him are Eusebius, Pyrrho, Meister Eckhart, Charles Fourier, Gilles Deleuze, and John Venn. After him are Al-Tabari, George Gurdjieff, Emil Cioran, Johann Friedrich Herbart, Antisthenes, and Ramon Llull.

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365 BC - 275 BC
HPI: 73.07
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1260 - 1328
HPI: 73.00
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Charles Fourier
1772 - 1837
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Gilles Deleuze
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John Venn
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Bodhidharma
483 - 540
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 117
Al-Tabari
839 - 923
HPI: 72.89
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George Gurdjieff
1866 - 1949
HPI: 72.81
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Emil Cioran
1911 - 1995
HPI: 72.73
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Johann Friedrich Herbart
1776 - 1841
HPI: 72.52
Rank: 121
Antisthenes
445 BC - 365 BC
HPI: 72.42
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Ramon Llull
1232 - 1316
HPI: 72.39
Rank: 123

Contemporaries

Among people born in 483, Bodhidharma ranks 1. After him is Emperor Xuanwu of Northern Wei. Among people deceased in 540, Bodhidharma ranks 1. After him are Dignāga, Wacho, Barsanuphius, Kaleb of Axum, and Amalaberga.