Kris,
Well, he made a big impression on the Emperor; not positive at first, but later
very much so. But, by then, Bodhidharma was long gone, and the emperor could
not find him.
Now, just WHY did he come from the West? ;-)
We must thank him for discarding his eyelids, else we would have no tea to
drink. Where they landed on the soil, tea plants sprang up, to bolster and
fortify meditators everywhere in their practice.
--Joe
> Kristopher Grey <kris@...> wrote:
>
> 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.
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