Re: [Zen] Re: Chan and zen

[Kristopher Grey]

Buddhism was already somewhat well established in China when the red 
bearded barbarian arrived from the West, bringing far less.

A reformer visiting monasteries, not a missionary founding them.
K


On 7/27/2012 9:29 PM, Joe wrote:

"Bodhidharma" is the name that history records.

By all accounts, he *was* a Bodhisattva. ;-)

--Joe

> William Rintala <brintala@...> wrote:
>
> It was Bodhisatva who later took Buddhism to China where it was
> assimilated.