Bodhitara accepted the task, taking on the identity of Bodhidharma, the 28th patriarch. This tall monk with intense blue-eyes and bushy black beard, walked into China, defined the principles of Zen Buddhism, spurring a proliferation of Buddhist monasteries and temples in the land, and kick-started martial arts at the Shaolin Temple, helping the listless monks to stay fit, eventually giving rise to modern Shaolin kung fu.
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