Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c6.s2.t2.16

v1.c6.s2.t2.16

With Buddhism, concepts of hot and cold food came into Chinese medicine. Also, healing of mental suffering was advocated and thus arose the art of meditation, *Dhyāna* from which evolved the Zen sect of Buddhism in Japan. A Buddhist monk Ta Mo or Bodhidharma, in CE 527 taught martial arts to the Chinese Buddhist monks at Shao Lin monastery and his method finally evolved into what is known as Shao Lin School of martial arts.