This was the form of Buddhism which appealed to the uneducated. It taught that a Buddha named Amida presides over the Western Paradise, where he will receive the souls of those that worship him. The conception of this Paradise closely resembles the Christian idea of Heaven and may have been derived from it. (2) The _Tendai_ Sect, founded at the end of the sixth century. Its teaching was based on a scripture of enormous length called the _Saddharma Pundarīka Sūtra_, which is translated by Kern in the Sacred Books of the East. It was perhaps the broadest and most representative sect. It laid great stress on the ethical side of Buddhism. We now come to _Zen_. In the year 520 A.D. there arrived at Canton a missionary from Southern India. His name was Bodhidharma and he appears to have been the younger son of an Indian Prince. The reigning Emperor of China was a munificent patron of Buddhism. He had built monasteries, given alms, distributed scriptures, defended the faith. Hearing that a Buddhist prince had arrived from India he summoned him at once to his Capital. The following conversation took place in the Palace at Nanking: _Emperor_: You will be interested to hear that I have built many monasteries, distributed scriptures, given alms, and upheld the Faith. Have I not indeed acquired merit? _Bodhidharma_: None at all. _Emperor_: In what then does true merit consist? _Bodhidharma_: In the obliteration of Matter through Absolute Knowledge, not by external acts. _Emperor_: Which is the Divine and Primal Aspect of Reality? _Bodhidharma_: Reality has no aspect that is divine. _Emperor_: What are you, who have come before my Throne? _Bodhidharma_: I do not know. The Emperor could make nothing of him. Monasticism, a huge vested interest, decried him, and after a short stay in Nanking he started northward, towards the Capital of the Wei Tartars, who then ruled over a large part of China. The Wei Emperor, like his Chinese confrère, was also a great patron of Buddhism, and he, too, desired an interview with the Indian priest. But Bodhidharma had done with Emperors, and settled in a small country temple, where he lived till his death nine years later. Some say that he tried to visit the Capital of the Weis, but was prevented by the intrigues of the monks there. He left behind him a few short tractates, the substance of which is as follows: