Bodhi in Bamboo
Bodhidharma
Mahakashyapa was the first, leading the line of transmission;
Twenty-eight Fathers followed him in the West;
The Lamp was then brought over the sea to this country;
And Bodhidharma became the First Father here [China]
His mantle, as we all know, passed over six Fathers,
And by them many minds came to see the Light.
Suzuki, D.T. (1948), Manual of Zen Buddhism
Photo taken 8/2011 at Green Gulch Zen Center.