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Bodhidharma MBTI Personality Type

Bodhidharma MBTI Personality Type

Bodhidharma Personality Type

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What personality type is Bodhidharma? Bodhidharma is an personality type in MBTI, 8w9 - - 154 in Enneagram, RCOAI in Big 5, EII in Socionics.

I'm confused as to type him either ENTJ or ESTJ. The man is spiritual, much so than Confucius, but that doesn't exempt him from being a sensor. I'm not quite sure how to type him. It's obvious he's an Extrovert. Yes, he lived in a cave for a long time, but if we see his pictures of his eyes, it describes him being outwardly oriented in his attention. T over F. He was known to be harsh to his disciples. When he died, he supposedly never even said goodbye, and just left his shoes leaving his house. J over P. As if it takes no plan to come from India to China. As if one can have tremendous respect from the Chinese coming from India without having any "plan". I don't know. I personally don't like ESTJs, I'm an ENTJ myself, but his sensor function seems a little more stronger to me. He didn't like to talk about enlightenment in a too abstract way. He wanted to cut the bullsh*t. All in all, he does sound similar to any other Buddha. ENTJ or ESTJ.

Biography

Bodhidharma was a semi-legendary Buddhist monk who lived during the 5th or 6th century. He is traditionally credited as the transmitter of Buddhism to China, and regarded as its first Chinese patriarch. According to Chinese legend, he also began the physical training of the monks of Shaolin Monastery that led to the creation of Shaolin kungfu. He is known as Dámó in China and as Daruma in Japan. His name means "dharma of awakening (bodhi)" in Sanskrit.