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As a result of the seeds sown by the Indian missionaries, Buddhism soon flowered into a number of distinctive schools which were the products of the Chinese mind. Each of these schools developed its own method of practice basing on a par- ticular text and appealing to different sets of people. e most outstanding schools amongst them being the T'ien-tai, Hua Yen, Ch'an and Pure Land. e Pure Land School with its easy method of practice that leads to salvation, together with such a lovable deity as the Greatly Compassionate Kuan Shih Yin P'usa easily won the largest number of adherents to make it the principal school of Buddhism among the Chinese. Kuan Yin is so popular that She is even worshipped in Taoist temples as the Goddess of Mercy. KEK LOK SI TEMPLE ¡ûBACK¡û |INDEX| ¡úNEXT¡ú |