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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 419020, member: 2844"]As Scouts said, it is Daruma Daishi (Bodhidharma), the Buddhist teacher who founded Chan Buddhism in China, which became Zen in Japan. But not the atrophied version.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> Maybe he recovered. He is portrayed with large, bulging eyes because he is said to have cut off his eyelids so he wouldn't fall asleep during his quest for enlightenment.</p><p><br /></p><p>This looks better, doesn't it:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]146239[/ATTACH]</p><p>Japan has different script styles, and sometimes it is written in such a way it almost looks Korean.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 419020, member: 2844"]As Scouts said, it is Daruma Daishi (Bodhidharma), the Buddhist teacher who founded Chan Buddhism in China, which became Zen in Japan. But not the atrophied version.:) Maybe he recovered. He is portrayed with large, bulging eyes because he is said to have cut off his eyelids so he wouldn't fall asleep during his quest for enlightenment. This looks better, doesn't it: [ATTACH=full]146239[/ATTACH] Japan has different script styles, and sometimes it is written in such a way it almost looks Korean.[/QUOTE]
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