Editing Bodhidharma (section)

==== Tanlin – preface to the Two Entrances and Four Acts ====
[[File:Le patriarche Bodhidharma (V&A Museum) (9471398169).jpg|thumb|[[Ming dynasty]] (1368–1683) sandstone statue of a seated Bodhidharma ([[Chinese language|Chinese]]: 達磨; [[Pinyin]]: ''Dámó''). 1484.]]
The second account was written by Tanlin (曇林; 506–574). Tanlin's brief biography of the "[[Dharma]] Master" is found in his preface to the ''[[Long Scroll of the Treatise on the Two Entrances and Four Practices]]'', a text traditionally attributed to Bodhidharma and the first text to identify him as [[Dravidian peoples|South Indian]]:
{{blockquote|The Dharma Master was a South Indian of the Western Region. He was the third son of a great Indian king. His ambition lay in the Mahayana path, and so he put aside his white layman's robe for the black robe of a monk […] Lamenting the decline of the true teaching in the outlands, he subsequently crossed distant mountains and seas, traveling about propagating the teaching in Han and Wei.{{sfn|Broughton|1999|p=8}}}}

Tanlin's account was the first to mention that Bodhidharma attracted disciples,{{sfn|Broughton|1999|p=9}} specifically mentioning Daoyu ({{lang|zh|道育}}) and [[Dazu Huike]] ({{lang|zh|慧可}}), the latter of whom would later figure very prominently in the Bodhidharma literature. Although Tanlin has traditionally been considered a disciple of Bodhidharma, it is more likely that he was a student of Huike.{{sfn|Broughton|1999|p=53}}