| Daruma dolls are representations of the
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| | China. During this time he moved neither
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| historical Indian priest Bodhidharma, a
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| | his eyes nor his limbs. Legend has it
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| sage who traveled throughout Japan and
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| | that as a result of his inactivity
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| China in the 5th or 6th century AD.
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| | Bodhidharma's limbs shriveled and fell
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| Bodhidharma is credited with establishing
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| | off. Another legend relates that angry
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| Chan Buddhism in China and Zen Buddhism
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| | with the fact that he had fallen asleep
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| in Japan. Legend has it that Bodhidharma
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| | during his meditation, Bodhidharma cut
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| achieved enlightenment, or satori,
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| | off his eyelids in a fit of anger. It is
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| following seven years of meditation
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| | believed that the severed eyelids fell to
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| either in a cave or as he was facing the
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| | the ground and sprouted into China's
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| wall of a room at the Shorinji Temple in
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| | first green tea plants!
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