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.