Dhamma

[David Casseres]

I wrote

>> In Japanese Buddhism, the patriarch Bodhidharma (or Daruma) is credited 
>> with bringing the dharma to Japan -- but what that means is that he 
>> brought Buddhism.

Oliver Xymoron sez

>Bodhi-dharma is said to have come to China in approx AD 520, where he
>founded the school that became known as Zen. I think it's quite debatable
>whether he died in China, returned to India, or did in fact go to Japan. 
>The Japan scenario is fairly unlikely, as are the biographies that claimed
>he lived to be 150.

Uh, yeah, I knew that, supposedly.  Japanese tradition is indeed that 
Daruma brought Buddhism to China, not to Japan.  Thanx for the correction.


Cheers,
David