Faru

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 Faru (638-689, secular name: Wang), was born in the Shangdang area (modern Changzhi City, Shanxi Province). He studied with the Fifth Patriarch Hongren for sixteen years and acquired a thorough understanding of Chan Buddhism. Later, Faru lived and preached Dharma teaching in Shaolin Temple, and contributed a lot to the development of Shaolin Temple as the Chan origin. He died at age 52 in 689 at Shaolin Temple. Afterwards, disciples of the temple had built a pagoda for Fau.





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