The Patriarch of Chan: The Life of Bodhidharm

In the Sixth century, an Indian monk journeyed across the sea to China and changed the face of Buddhism forever. The Patriarch of Chan tells the life story of Bodhidharma, from his education as a youth in India to his travels in China where he denounces the actions of the emperor, sends years in meditative practice, and establishes the Chan lineage, a tradition of meditation masters that shapes Buddhism even today.