While teaching his disciplines how to practice meditation, Bodhidharma (菩提達摩) found some of them becoming drowsy and starting to sleep.

An interesting old story about Bodhidharma, which must be viewed with historical skepticism because the dates do not jibe, says the Emperor Wu Di of the Liang Dynasty (後梁武帝502-550) summoned the Indian guru to his court for an audience.

Kung-fu action movie fans are familiar with the Shaolin Temple (少林寺) at Mount Shaoshi (少寶山) in the county of Dengfeng, Henan province (河南鄧封).

A score of Buddhist temples in Taiwan are dedicated to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva (地藏王菩薩). There are five in the county of Chiayi alone.

There is still another story about the birth of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva (地藏王菩薩).

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva (地藏王菩薩) is believed to have six incarnations but Buddhist sutras record only three.

Taoism adopts quite a number of Buddhist deities, including bodhisattvas. One best example of Buddhism-Taoism “confusion” is Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva (地藏王菩薩) known also as Fengdu da-di (酆都大地) or Great Emperor of Fengdu, who presides over the Hades. He is also known as Yanlo-wang (閻羅王), the king of Hell.

The Saddharma-Pundarika (妙法蓮華經) or the Lotus of the Good Law Sutra is filled, as it is, with supposed discourses of the Buddha on Vulture Peak near Bodhi-gaya.

The most popular Mahayana Buddhist school is that of Pure Land (淨土). It appeals to the common people who wish to get to heaven without studiously studying sutras.

Followed by his forces, Mara will come down to where Maitreya is seated on the Diamond throne. The forces are ten times heavier than Earth, fierce and dangerous.