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