Bodhidharma

The four dimensions in the 16-axis model where this thinker scores highest. People in this archetype tend to lean the same way.

• MRMystical Receptivity

  9 / 10
• POPractical Orientation

  9 / 10
• ATAscetic Tendency

  9 / 10
• SISelf as Illusion

  9 / 10

The six thinkers whose 16-dimensional positions sit closest to this one. Useful as next-reading suggestions.

• Shunryu SuzukiTHRESHOLD

  Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind — the original empty mind always available.

• HakuinTHRESHOLD

  What is the sound of one hand clapping? The great doubt leads to great awakening.

• Hui NengTHRESHOLD

  From the beginning, not a thing is. Sudden enlightenment. Cut through illusion to original mind.

• Toni PackerTHRESHOLD

  Awakening without authority — inquiry without lineage.

• Robert AitkenTHRESHOLD

  American Zen with social engagement — koan and conscience.

• Pema ChödrönTHRESHOLD

  When Things Fall Apart — basic goodness met in groundlessness.

Short exercises in the same tradition as Bodhidharma's thought. Each takes 5–25 minutes.

• View from above →

  Mentally zoom out — your city, your country, the planet — and look back at your day.

• Memento mori →

  A short, deliberate confrontation with mortality. Clarifying.

• The Examen →

  Five-step Ignatian end-of-day review — what was given, what was missed, what to take into tomorrow.