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This Japanese scroll calligraphy of Bodhidharma reads “直指人心，見性成佛”(from up to low, left to right) “Zen points directly to the human heart, see into your nature and become Buddha”. It was created by Hakuin Ekaku (1685 to 1768)

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	04:20, 17 March 2023	360 × 800 (33 KB)	User-duck	Cropped dark background using CropTool with lossless mode.
	09:52, 24 August 2021	360 × 834 (36 KB)	Artanisen	Higher resolution version of the same file from the same source with the same colors
	10:38, 30 December 2016	180 × 417 (44 KB)	Ismoon	better image
	17:50, 4 November 2005	180 × 417 (20 KB)	Ascánder	This Japanese scroll calligraphy of Bodhidharma reads “Zen points directly to the human heart, see into your nature and become Buddha”. It was created by Hakuin Ekaku (1685 to 1768) {{PD-art}} Uploaded at en: by en:User:PHG.