Daruma and the Birth of Tea from bodhidharma Watch Video
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Description: Daruma, or Bodhidharma, is the father of Zen Buddhism in much of Asia. nLegend tells that Daruma went into a cave in northern China to meditate silently, staring at a wall for nine years. Seven years into his nine years of wall-gazing, he drifted off to sleep. He awoke, furious with himself and cut off his eyelids in penance to prevent himself from sleeping again. His eyelids fell to the floor, and where they landed the first tea plant sprang up. Thereafter tea would provide a stimulant to help
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