Blue-Eyed Barbarian: The Legend of Bodhidharma

In the 5th century CE, Prince Bodhitara was assigned a special task by the 27th Patriarch in the lineage of Buddhist monks descended from the great Buddha himself. It had been almost a thousand years since Buddha walked the earth, and his teachings had already spread across much of India and China. However, over the years, Buddhism had changed. There was much emphasis on acquiring virtue credits and using it to gain influence. Too much emphasis on reading scripture, and not enough on self-r...