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Translation putidamo (Pu2 Ti2 Da2 Mo2) = (菩提达摩 or 菩提達摩) Bodhidharma: a semi-legendary Indian-Tamil monk who is considered the first patriarch of Zen Buddhism in China; according to legend, he performed a nine-year wall-gazing exercise during which he fell asleep, and in order to prevent this from happening again, cut off his eyelids which, once they hit the floor, turned into tea plants - supposedly this was the beginning of monks drinking tea to stay awake while meditating
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