which indian buddhist monk had been sent to china?
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mehereintheeast & Matichel are both correct.\nhowever, Bodhidharma (470- 543)ranked more popular being the \n-His Holiness The 28th Patriarch of Indian Buddhism\n-His Holiness The First Patriarch of Chinese Zen Lineage \nBodhidharma is credited with bringing Zen Buddhism to China and he is the First Patriarch of Chinese Zen Lineage. He was born on Oct. 5th. (Chinese Lunar Calendar) in Southern India, and was the third son of an Indian King; the royal family belonged to the Bhramin caste. Bodhidharma's Buddhist Master, Prajnatara, was the 27th Patriarch of Indian Buddhism, taught Bodhidharma for many years, gave him Mind Transmission, made him the 28th Patriarch, and gave him the name Bodhidharma. Following the instruction of his Master to transmit Dharma to China, Bodhidharma traveled east to Southern China in 526 A.D. When he arrived in Kwang Chou, he was ceremoniously welcomed and greatly honored by the local military official named Shao Yang. The same year, he was invited to the Capitol, Nanjing, to meet Emperor Wu Di of the Liang dynasty. Because the communication between the Emperor and Bodhidharma was mutually unsatisfactory, Bodhidharma left the palace, crossed the Yangtzu River, and continued north until he arrived at the Shao Lin Temple in Ho Nan Province. It was here that Bodhidharma became famous for meditating 9 years facing a wall.\n\nAfter he gave his disciple, Hui K'o, the Robe, Begging Bowl, Lankavatara Sutra, and Mind Transmission, Bodhidharma went to Chen Sung (One Thousand Saints) Temple to propagate the Dharma. He passed into Nirvana in 536 A.D., was buried in Shon Er Shan (Bear Ear Mountain) in Ho Nan, and a stupa was built for him in Pao Lin Temple. Later, the Tang dynasty Emperor, Dai Dzong, bestowed on Bodhidharma the name Yuen Che Grand Zen Master, and renamed his stupa as Kong Kwan (Empty Visualization).\nBodhidharma instructed his disciples that the Lankavatara Sutra be used to seal the mind. The method of cultivating practice transmitted by Bodhidharma pointed out that we should pay attention closely to this important sutra. His major teaching is there are two paths to enter Dharma Gate: Study and Practice. Study: through the study of Buddhist sutras and scriptures, you will understand Buddha Nature. Your Buddha Nature doesn't manifest because it is clouded by defilements, such as: greed, attachment, passion, aggression and ignorance. Practice: when you follow Buddhist principles in your daily life, you discover that your Buddha Nature is equal to the Buddha's.\n\n       1. Bao Yen Hsin: The willingness to accept, without complaining, suffering and unhappiness because you understand it is your own karma.\n\n       2. Sui Yen Hsin: Understanding that all situations are the consequences of karmic causes, and therefore, you maintain equanimity in all circumstances, both negative and positive.\n\n       3. Tsung Fa Hsin: Realizing through practice the essence of your Buddha Nature, which is equanimity.
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You have to understand that Buddhism blends wherever it goes. Although the core teachings remain intact, but the outer bark--the "form" that the religion/philosophy expresses--adapts to the receiving culture. Therefore, iconic representations of ideas or teachings differ from area to area. Tibetan Buddhism has a unique flavor, and so do Japanese Buddhism, Chinese Buddhism, Thai Buddhism, Sri Lankan Buddhism, and so on. \n\nYou can think of Buddhist teachings as a vehicle, a car. You'd have all sorts of models, parts, designs, etc., but a car is still a car despite all its variable forms to choose from. \n\nTo get back to your question, the Fat Buddha ("Laughing Buddha") has been an image exclusive to Chinese Buddhism. It has come to represent good luck and wealth, which reconciles amicably with the Chinese merchantship. As for the actual, historical Fat Buddha.. we don't know if he did exist. He's as far back as a legend. I could be wrong though, about the legend part; I'm not an expert in Chinese Buddhism. You have to go dig history. \n\nThe Buddha--Siddhartha Gautama--has taught, and lived, a life of moderation so it is insensible for people from any culture to portray him as having a fat, gluttonous belly.
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Aproximately 708,349,411 of followers.\nThe top Buddhist countries are:\n1. China: 308,000,000.\n2. Japan:  90,000,000.
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Buddhism and Jainism emerged from India around 800-600 BCE, a period of great cultural, intellectual and spiritual development and both had an enormous influence on Hinduism. Some of the previously accepted truths of the religion were beginning to be questioned and the religious leaders were being asked to defend their views and teachings. Furthermore, the old tribal structure of society was diminishing. The result was an increasing number of breakaway sects, of which Buddhism and Jainism were probably the most successful
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I can't imagine a buddhist monk converting to Islam, myself.  The two could not be further apart philosophically.
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Gautama Buddha ( also known as Siddhartha ).\nSitting under a pipal tree, now known as the Bodhi tree, he attained Enlightenment.
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Hinduism and only Hinduism. Buddhism corrected the practices that went big time wrong in Hinduiam\n\nRead the Gita and you shall know
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There is no singular head of Buddhism. \nHis Holiness the Dalai Lama is only the religious leader of Tibet .
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One is Chinese and the other is Japanese and Buddhist.
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a detailed biography from the man himself:\nhttp://www.dalailama.com/page.4.htm
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Dharmashala is in Himachal pradesh of India.Weather is cold with minimal humidity.Rains also are good.Snow covered in winter and very comfortable in summer,His Holiness Dalai Lama the Buddhist God King rules Tibet (in exile)from a very comfortable place in every sense of the word.
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Good question, but a tough one to answer.\n\nThe short, short answer is it just happened. \n\nThe longer more elaborate answer is that Siddhartha Gautama, then man who became the historic Buddha, spent years studying with many Religious masters including Brahmin hermits and ascetic monks. It is recorded that he surpassed his teachers in his learning and skills, yet he didn’t find what he was searching for...An end to suffering. Gautama attempted to find enlightenment through complete deprivation of worldly goods, including food, and became a complete ascetic.  However, he still found no answer to his questions. So, after discarding asceticism and concentrating on meditation, Gautama discovered what we today call the Middle Way; a path of moderation away from the extremes of self-indulgence and Asceticism. Then, sitting under a pipal tree (a type of fig tree) he vowed not to arise until he had found the truth he had been searching for. Some time later, under the tree, now called the Bodhi tree, Siddhartha Gautama experienced enlightenment and became "The Perfectly Self-Awakened One", the Buddha! (Sammasambuddha)\n\nBecause of the time period, he would not have had "books" but he did spend a great deal of time studying. However, these studies did not teach him about enlightenment, and he was not looking to be 'enlightened' so to speak. In fact, you could say that his 'lessons' before he achieved enlightenment, taught him what NOT to do. He was just looking for simple answers.  It just to happened that the answer was enlightenment. \n\nI hope this helped.
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free tibeth from china
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Buddha or the Bodhidharma (sanskrit) or daruma (Japanese) is the enlightened one.\n\nOne who has attained enlightenment, who has broken through the earthly plane and saw things as they really are.
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I'm just going on memory here, but I think the whole "India as the origin of martial arts" argument is based on the fact that Bhodi-Dharma (sp?) was a monk from India who visited the Shaolin temple and introduced certain movements to the monks he found there.  I could be wrong, but that's what I recall.
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Location: Located on the foot of a hill-- Sanchi is just 46 kms. from Bhopal. It is more of a village than a town. Sanchi is a religious place with historical and archaeological significance.\n\nBuilder: Emperor Asoka (273-236 B.C.) built stupas in Buddha's honour\n\nStories: "Sanchi was not hallowed by any incident in Buddha's life; not is it known to have been the focus of any significant event in the history of Buddhist monachism. Hiuen Tsang, who so meticulously recorded the details connected with Buddhist monuments, is silent about it. The only possible reference to it is contained in the chronicles of Sri. Lanka, according to which Mahendra, son of Asoka and his queen Devi, daughter of a merchant of Vidisa, (modern Besnagar near Bhilsa or Vidisha) whom Asoka had married during his halt there on his way to Ujjayani as a viceroy, is said to have visited his mother at Vidisa, and the latter took him up to the beautiful monastery of Vedisagiri built by herself. Mahendra had stayed there for a month before he set out for Sri Lanka."\n\nFeatures: In every stupa there is a small chamber in which a casket with relics of the Buddha or the Buddhsit mnks were placed. The surrounding face of the stupa is generally build of bricks with a thin layer of plaster. The stupa was crowned with umbralla of stone. The monument was surrounded by a fence with path provided for circumambulation. The original stupas were enlarged and beautiful from time to time.\nThe gateways are very fancinating feature of the monunemt. 4 gatewys are 4 cardinal points and contains very lively and beautifull carved panels.\n\nThe sanchi stupa which still stand intact is  well preserved and protected monument. \n\nPE: Sanchi stupa is 46 km north east of Bhopal. it is a hilly area, located on the Malwa plateau, and the land rises towards the Vindhya Range to the south. The summers are hot and the winters cold. It rains moderately during the rainy season.\nThe municipality covers 286 square kilometres. It has two very beautiful lakes, collectively known as the Bhoj Wetland. These lakes are the Upper Lake (built by King Bhoj) and the Lower Lake. The catchment area of the Upper Lake is 361 km2 while that of the Lower Lake is 9.6 km2. The Upper Lake drains into the Kolans River.\n\nMU: The stupas at Sanchi are made of mud brick, brick and rubble, or encased masonry. Carved stone embellishments were used for both interior and exterior. \n\n\n\n\n\nIntroduction\n\nBuilders: Buddhists and Janis\nThe caves depict the story of Buddhism, spanning the period from 200 BC to 650 AD. The 29 caves were built as secluded retreats of the Buddhist monks,\n\nLocation:\nAjanta Caves\nIt was only in the 19th century, that the Ajanta group of caves, lying deep within the Sahyadri hills, cut into the curved mountain side, above the Waghora river, were discovered. \n\nFeatures\nIn all there are 34 caves at Ellora, 12 Buddhist, 17 Hindu and 5 Jain. Most of the Buddhist caves are viharas or monasteries, except for No 10 the Viswakarma or 'carpenter's cave' which is a chaitya or temple cave. The cave takes its name from the ribs carved into the roof which look like wooden beams. A finely carved horseshoe shaped window lets light in and a huge seated Buddha stands before a 9 m high stupa. \nThe monks carved these impressive figures using simple tools like hammer and chisel. These beautiful wall-paintings and sculptures speak volumes of the culture of our country. Many of the caves house panels depicting stories from the Jatakas. Images of nymphs and princesses amongst others, are also elaborately portrayed. \nThe first cave contains some of the most well-preserved wall paintings which include two great Boddhisattvas, Padmapani and Avalokiteshvara. The second, sixteenth and seventeenth caves contain amazing paintings, while the first, fourth, seventeenth, nineteenth, twenty-fourth and twenty-sixth boast of some of the most divine sculptures. The flying apsara and
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Buddhism is a nontheistic religion and philosophy focusing on the teachings of the Buddha Śākyamuni (Pāli:Sakyamuni), born Siddhārtha (Pāli: Siddhattha) of the Gautama (Pāli: Gotama) gotra, who probably lived in the 5th century BCE. Buddhism spread throughout the ancient Indian sub-continent in the five centuries following the Buddha's death, and propagated into Central, Southeast, and East Asia over the next two millennia. Today, Buddhism is divided primarily into three traditions: Theravāda (Sanskrit: Sthaviravāda), Mahāyāna, and Vajrayāna. Buddhism continues to attract followers worldwide, and, with around 708 million followers, it is considered a major world religion.\n\nA Buddha is considered to be a person who discovers the true nature of reality through years of study, investigation of the various religious practices of his time, and meditation. This transformational discovery is called bodhi or "enlightenment". Any person who has, without the instruction of others, become awakened to the principles of the Dharma, is called a buddha. Śākyamuni is said to have been only the latest of many of these; there were other buddhas before him and there will be others in the future. According to the Buddha, any person can follow his example and become enlightened through the study of his words, and by leading a virtuous, moral life. In general, the aim of Buddhist practice is to end all kinds of suffering in life. To achieve this state, adherents seek to purify and train the mind by following the Noble Eightfold Path, and eventually to gain true knowledge of reality and thus attain liberation: nirodha or nirvāṇa(Pāli nibbāna).